Monday, October 27, 2008

Halloween Warning: Melamine Found in Candy Made in China

I've been getting a lot of emails lately about melamine being found in candy made in China, specifically the chocolate gold coins sold by Costco. Although the FDA hasn't recalled any candy here in the US, some retailers have taken the candy off their shelves and Canada has recalled Sherwood Brands Pirate’s Gold Milk Chocolate Coins sold at Costcos in Canada.

The following post was written by Tara Tucker who is in one of my mom's groups and it's the most thorough summary I've seen so far on this issue. Be sure to check out the youtube video too which is very informative.
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I have been reading this morning about concern that any candy made in
China may contain Melamine, specifically chocolate candy. In addition
to baby formula being contaminated with Melamine, dry milk powder has
been contaminated with Melamine. They have found melamine in chocolate
pirate coins in Canada, and Canada just called for a full recall. The
same chocolate pirate coins are sold at Costco. Cadbury is recalling
all its candy made in China because tests show it contains Melamine.
Many news reports are speculating that candy sold at many of our
retailers (Target, Walmart) are made in China. They have dry milk
powder as a main ingredient, so may contain Melamine. The concern is
not currently about traditional small candy bars, but more unique things
like white chocolate "eyes" and chocolate novelties.

Check out this youtube video about candy available at Target and other stores.

The reason is that they can put less milk in the milk powder, and if
they add melamine, it gives an artificially high reading on protein
content, so the nutrition test doesn't catch that the milk powder is
diluted.

Many heard on the news yesterday that in addition to the baby formula
and dry milk powder that China found laced with Melamine, they have now
found Melamine in raw eggs (not egg powder, real eggs). That is because
the Chinese chicken feed manufacturers added Melamine to the chicken feed.

Please be careful about buying any food that was made in China, and read
the ingredients. If it has milk, milk powder, or eggs, maybe it isn't
worth the risk.
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2 comments:

Mike Chittick said...

I just checked my local Target store, and the Chinese candy is STILL ON THE SHELF! I wish they would produce some documents saying that it's been tested or something. But this is a serious issue! The FDA needs to be held accountable if anything happens here.

October 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Mark Justin Josephs said...

Thanks for warning. Wow.

October 31, 2008 at 9:26 AM

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