China Banned Dairy Products - Milk Caused Kidney Stones

2008 September Outbreak :
Scandal over melamine-tainted milk in China that's linked to four infant deaths and the hospitalization of 12,892 babies.

The scandal was brought to light on Sept. 11 when the Beijing-based Ministry of Health said it found melamine in baby formula made by Sanlu Group Co., 43 percent owned by Auckland, New Zealand-based Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd.

Melamine-tainted dairy products have killed four children and sickened 12,892 others in China as of 8 p.m. Sunday, according to official reports by the Chinese Ministry of Health. In China, 39,965 children have visited clinics after falling ill from the powder

HongKong :
Recalls have been announced by Hong Kong authorities and by a major Japanese food company, Marudai Food Company, for products that may have been made with Chinese milk.
Hong Kong's two largest supermarket chains Wellcome and ParknShop withdrew Nestle SA's milk products after traces of melamine were found in a sample.

>>> Nestle said the amount was minute and wasn't considered harmful??!!!

Malaysia:
Imposed a "level six import ban" on all Chinese dairy products.

Singapore :
Banned milk from China.
Today 22Sept 2008, Singapore finds melamine in White Rabbit candies!!



The Straits Times reports: Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said samples of White Rabbit-brand Creamy Candy imported from China were contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure.
Authorities on Friday suspended the sale and import of all Chinese milk and dairy products after finding melamine in samples of a Yili-brand yogurt bar and Dutch Lady-brand strawberry milk manufactured in China. The ban includes milk, ice cream, yogurt, chocolate, biscuits and candy, as well as any other products containing milk from China as an ingredient.

'Retailers and importers have been instructed to recall these products and withhold them from sale,' the AVA said in a statement.

'Consumers who have bought the affected products are advised not to consume them.'

Myanmar:
To seize and destroy imported Chinese baby formula to safeguard against poisoning by the toxic chemical melamine

Brunei:
has ordered a blanket ban on all China-made milk products and dairy items.

Bangladesh:
has also started on a crackdown and ban on three brands of Chinese-made milk powder

Africa :
Tanzania and Gabon were the first to impose bans on Chinese dairy products and Burundi has just joined them in the ban.

USA :
U.S.-based Starbucks coffee chain has pulled all its products made with milk from its more than 300 stores in China.
"Baby formula from China is illegal in the United States and should not be used," U.S. food regulators warned after Chinese officials confirmed that the milk powder contamination led to the death of the infant.

China :
China's top food quality body released a report that said some milk sold by the country's three major dairy companies : Shanghai-based Bright Dairy GuangMing, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. and China Mengniu Dairy Co., was contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine.

KFC and Starbucks have confirmed usage of products from dairies involved by China's contaminated milk crisis. Both companies issued statements confirming their outlets used products provided by Mengniu, one of China’s largest dairy suppliers, after melamine was found in some of its milk products.

Taiwan :
King Car Food Industrial Co. recalled its instant chicken- corn soup, milk tea and Mr. Brown coffee drinks after the closely held Taiwan company found melamine traces during voluntary testing of products that had used ingredients imported from China