Cadbury recalls chocolates over tainted milk fears

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 4:09 am

British chocolate maker Cadbury today (Sep 29) became the latest foreign company to be hit by China’s tainted milk scandal, ordering a recall of its Chinese-made products after saying tests “cast doubt” on their safety. Two US food makers were meanwhile investigating Indonesian claims that high traces of the industrial chemical melamine had been found in Chinese-made Oreos, M&Ms and Snickers but stressed the same goods had tested negative in other Asian countries.

They said they were looking into all possibilities, including counterfeiting. Cadbury said in a statement issued by its Singapore office today that tests had “cast doubt on the integrity of a range of our products manufactured in China.” It was not immediately clear whether they revealed melamine, but Cadbury said it had recalled 11 chocolate products made at its factory in Beijing which are distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia.

Hong Kong’s government ordered that the chocolates be immediately removed from shelves. US companies Kraft Foods Inc and Mars Inc said they would adhere to a recall order of Chinese-made Oreo wafers, M&Ms and Snickers in Indonesia, but said they wanted to conduct their own tests with outside experts.

So far only a local agency has checked the products for melamine but the levels found were considered very high. “We have asked our trade partners and retailers to suspend the sales of our products in accordance to the agency’s order,” Mars Indonesia spokesman Bondan Ardi said.

Hong Kong supermarket chain PARKnSHOP also pulled its Chinese-made Oreo, M&M and Snickers products as a precaution, spokeswoman Pinky Chan said.

(Agencies)

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Cadbury recalls chocolates over tainted milk fears

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