Hong Kong detected a "Yili" popsicles containing melamine

Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety said a statement issued yesterday, after sampling the market dairy products and found that the ice-cream from mainland China "Yili ranch large Guoli yogurt flavor Xuetiao" containing melamine (Melamine), need to recovery.

According to Ming Pao Daily News Network news reports, Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety at weekends and during Mid-Autumn Festival in the market collected 27 samples of dairy products, canned drinks, including three of Taiwan's 11 samples, and 16 mainland production of fresh milk, ice cream , Ice cream and yoghurt samples for testing, only "Yili ranch large Guoli yogurt flavor Xuetiao" (net volume: 90 ml loaded) were found to contain trace melamine.

The product manufacturers for the "Shanghai Yili AB Foods Co. Ltd.", Content to 15 millionths. The spokesman said that in the general consumption of circumstances, would not pose a significant impact on health, but suggested that it is not appropriate for young children eat.

Earlier, media reports in Taiwan, mainland San Lu of Taiwan imported milk powder, made from local milk producers, some of these products to enter the Hong Kong market, including Taiwan is still effective licensing papaya milk, Mandheling coffee, tea and coffee sumiyaki , In Hong Kong "-in mind," retail shops for the sale of such milk Taiwan. "-In mind," recently said the retail shops will be fully recovered in the sale of beverages.

CFS spokesman said, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, the safety of melamine reference value (that is tolerable daily intake) daily 0.63 mg per kg body weight. According to the results of risk assessment, a weight of 60 kg adult should eat every day Xuetiao more than 2.5 kilograms (more than 22 Xuetiao), melamine intake over security to the reference value and a weight of 30 kg per child Days to the consumption of more than 1.25 kg Xuetiao (that is, more than 11 Xuetiao), melamine intake over security to the reference value.

The spokesman pointed out that due to the detection of melamine in very small, probably in the production process to deal with pollution caused by the containers, is currently working with manufacturers to understand. Reported that, Yili ranch large Guoli yogurt flavor Xuetiao the entrance Chamber of Commerce recovery of the product. The Centre for Food Safety issued a statement before the Hong Kong supermarkets, one of the Wellcome supermarket has issued a circular to recall their products, another Park'n Shop supermarket also announced that recycling of the product.