PUTRAJAYA: There are now 132 products which the Government has placed on the list of items suspected of having melamine, up from 53 items on Wednesday.
Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Ismail Merican said the list of suspected dairy products consisted of items that the ministry had sealed during enforcement operations.
“These items will be taken and tested. We expect to have results for a few of the items each day. If they are given the all-clear then they will be allowed back in the market,” he told a press conference at the ministry here on Thursday.
He said the 132 items consist of confections, cereals, bread, chocolates and milk.
Ismail also cleared seven items taken earlier: Passion Chocolate Coated Wafer, Kraft Oreo White Chocolate Wafer Stick, Wall’s Mini Cornetto Chocomint & Tiramisu Flavoured, Wall’s Moo Soft Cookie Sandwich, Dutch Lady 123 Honey milk powder, Dutch Lady strawberry flavoured milk and Frisolac Infant Formula.
In addition to these seven items, another 574 items have been declared safe for consumption.
Ismail said the ministry was not able to release the results on all the items at one go because there was a lack of capacity. He said it took 48 hours to get results for one item.
Ismail said the ministry was concerned about premix tea and coffee and that such items would be tested.
“I also urge all those receiving and packing hampers to check the items in them properly. People also have to be more aware if they are receiving free gifts containing Chinese-made food products,” he said.
Ismail said consumers could now call four telephone numbers between 8am and 9pm every day for information about the melamine issue. The numbers are (603) 8883-3655, 8883-3652, 8883-3503 and 8883-3500.
They could also check http://fsq.moh.gov.my for the latest information.
Ismail said about 200 calls were received daily while the website had received 4,000 hits in the past three days.
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