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Sweet to sour: Cadbury recalls Chinese chocolates
Published on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 13:10, Updated on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 16:22 in Business section
Tags: Chocolates, China Milk Scandal , Hong Kong
SWEET SCANDAL: British candy maker plays safe, recalls Chinese chocolates.
Hong Kong: British candy maker Cadbury has recalled 11 types of its Chinese-made chocolate as a precaution, the Hong Kong government said, becoming the latest foreign company affected by China's tainted milk scandal.
Cadbury Asia Pacific told the Hong Kong government's Center for Food Safety the chocolates were made in Cadbury's factory in the Chinese capital Beijing, the Hong Kong government said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if tests found the industrial chemical melamine in the products.
After-hours calls to Cadbury's media office in Britain went unanswered.
China's recent food safety scandal started with the discovery of melamine in baby milk powder.
Four deaths have been blamed on the bad milk, and some 54,000 children have developed kidney stones or other illnesses after drinking the contaminated baby formula.
Authorities say suppliers might have added melamine, which is rich in nitrogen, to watered-down milk to deceive quality tests for protein.
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Chinese products for long have been known well for their low quality standards. Consumers should be well aware of these.
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well.. i have never seen any kind of recall from any MNC in India despite low/expired quality stuff..
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India should develop strong food estimation controls and the law is not enough and the implementation is corrupt.In India many
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This scandal is like a tsunami.The rich may have some way to get better food from other countries,but some of
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