Melamine levels in China-made Cadbury chocolates safe
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02/10/2008
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Hindu (New Delhi)
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's food safety watchdog said the level of melamine in Cadbury products was safe, after the multinational sweet maker recalled 11 of its China-made chocolates.
Cadbury recalled the product lines from Taiwan, Australia and Hong Kong after they found traces of the industrial chemical, which has led to more than 53,000 babies falling ill in China over the past few weeks.
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety said they had tested Cadbury products after the recall. "Results available... showed that all the samples were satisfactory," the CFS said in a statement released late on Tuesday.
The Centre for Food Safety said Cadbury Chocolate Eclairs had been found to contain a melamine level of 1.9 parts per million. The acceptable legal limit is 2.5 parts per million in Hong Kong.