Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Khong Guan Khian Guan biscuits banned

Khong Guan and Khian Guan biscuit products have been banned for having excessive levels of melamine.

Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said 18 out of 47 Khong Guan and Khian Guan biscuit products are tainted with melamine and their products are to be recall immediately.

Liow said the Ministry had traced the source of the melamine to ammonium bicarbonate imported by both manufacturers from China.

Some of Khong Guan products (Gift Tin) are listed below in format of product code, weight and product name.

PRODUCT CODE WEIGHT PRODUCT NAME
B4-409-4004 12X454 GM DANISH BUTTER COOKIE
B0-005-4012 6X 1.2 KG TOP CHOICE ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-047-4003 6X375 GM PREGO ASSORTED BISCUIT
B3-315-4004 6X460 GM RAISIN BISCUIT
B0-046-4005 6X500 GM PANZO ASSORTED BISCUIT
B2-201-4005 6X500 GM PINEAPPLE COOKIES
B0-030-4005 6X500 GM TEA BREAK ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-044-4006 6X600 GM BAMBINO ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-043-4006 6X600 GM BRAVO ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-048-4007 6X700 GM PRIMO ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-001-4007 6X750 GM FANCY TIN ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-039-4008 6X800 GM @ PARTY ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-045-4008 6X800 GM BREAK AWAY ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-032-4008 6X800 GM CRUNCHY DELIGHT ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-040-4008 6X800 GM GREAT TIME ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-035-4008 6X800 GM PRIME SELECTION ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-020-4008 6X800 GM PROSPEROUS ASSORTED BISCUIT
B0-042-4008 6X800 GM TIME'S RIGHT ASSORTED BISCUIT

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From The Star

Too much melamine found in popular biscuits

KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said 18 out of 47 Khong Guan and Khian Guan biscuit products have excessive levels of melamine.

The products have been ordered to be removed from the shelves immediately, he said.

A number of food products in Malaysia are being tested following the melamine-tainted China milk scare and those that have melamine levels above the permissable 2.5 parts per million have been ordered off the shelves.

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From TEMPO Interactive

Vietnam Accuses Khong Guan Biscuits of Containing Melamine
Friday, 10 October, 2008 | 23:55 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Indonesian-made Khong Guan Biscuits exported to Vietnam could be contaminated with melamine. Home Affairs Trade director-general Subagyo confirmed that he had received a letter from Vietnam to this effect through the Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi.

"We have received a letter from the Indonesian Embassy in Hanoi, stating that Khong Guan biscuits were contaminated with melamine," he told the reporters yesterday. The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) will investigate the case, Subagyo said, adding that "this is the first time Indonesian products have been charged of being contaminated with melamine."

Last September, milk coming from China were reported to be contaminated with melamine, which is a chemical used to manufacture plastic. In China it killed four babies due to kidney failure and caused thousands to be hospitalized. In Indonesia, six out of the 19 Chinese dairy products registered in the BPOM have proven to contain melamine.

BPOM deputy chief in charge of Food-Beverage and Dangerous Substances Supervision, Dedi Fardiaz, admitted receiving similar reports. However, he is still waiting for confirmation from Vietnamese authorities regarding the brand of the products. "The melamine content found in Vietnam was very low, around 265 microgram per kilogram," he said.

Indonesian Food and Beverages Businessmen Association in charge of Regulations, Franky Sibarany said the news coming out of Vietnam was not confirmed. "There has been no official confirmation from Vietnam's regulatory board," he said.

Franky claimed he had discussed the problem with Khong Guan Indonesia people and the company reportedly terminated their exports to Vietnam since a year ago and that it was currently importing their milk from New Zealand, Australia, Europe and from local suppliers.

Franky also explained that there are two Khong Guan companies belonging to Indonesia and Singapore with plants located in Thailand and Malaysia.


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From The Star

Melamine: Khong Guan, Khian Guan biscuits recalled (Updated)
By TEH ENG HOCK

PUTRAJAYA: PUTRAJAYA: Excessive melamine was found in 18 of 47 biscuits produced by the Khong Guan and Khian Guan brands and they have been ordered removed from the shelves immediately.

“We have also requested that they voluntarily recall the rest of the products (the remaining 29),” said Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai

Asked if they had agreed to do so, Liow said: “Yes, they are very responsive. They are all responsible companies.”

The 18 biscuit products were found to have melamine in excess of the permissable 2.5mg/kg or 2.5 parts per million (ppm).

Liow said the Ministry had traced the source of the melamine to ammonium bicarbonate imported by both manufacturers from China.

“Results from our tests found that Khong Guan biscuits contained 33.4ppm while Khian Guan contained 508ppm,” he said.

As such, Liow had banned the import of ammonium bicarbonate from China, placing the substance under Level 6 Examination (Auto Rejection), while ammonium bicarbonate from other countries were placed under Level 4 Examination (Surveilance Examination) under the Food Safety Information of Malaysia (FoSIM).

Excessive melamine was first linked to contaminated dairy products, but Liow said the Ministry would now be more alert and test more products other than those with dairy content due to the ammonium bicarbonate findings.

Ammonium bicarbonate is usually used as a raising agent in biscuit production and is allowed under the Food Rules 1985 but strict action had to be taken to protect the health of consumers, he said.

“All factories that use ammonium bicarbonate from China will have their products tested. We will test all biscuits in the country,” he said.

He said that food with dairy content from China had been placed under Level 6 Examination, and with the latest revelation, all imported biscuits had been placed under Level 4 Examination.

Meanwhile, he said the Ministry is looking into Julie’s Crackers and Mali unsweetened condensed milk, which was reported in the media to contain excessive levels of melamine.

Liow said consumers could contact the Food Services and Quality division at 03-8883 3655/3503/3652/3500.

On Oct 6, White Rabbit Creamy Candy was found to contain more than 50 times the permitted level of melamine and was banned by the ministry.

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