Everyone but everyone must have probably heard of the China Milk Scare. To date, 50,000 plus children have been affected by ingesting milk tainted with Melamine. As a result, there has been a rapid recall of products worldwide that may possibly contain milk sourced from China.
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I’m not really a big fan of those inexpensive Chinese food products. I still go for my tried and tested brands. However, even the more popular food brands have somehow been embroiled in this food scare. Apparently, the companies that manufacture these products have also been getting their milk supply from China.
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Here’s a list of those products that were recalled :
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- Klim Instant Full Cream Milk Powder
- Nestle Carnation Calcium Plus Non-Fat Milk Powder
- Nespray
- Nestle Dairy Farm Pure Milk
- Mengniu Pure Milk
- Monmilk Breakfast Milk Walnut Milk Beverage
- Monmilk Suan Suan Ru Sour Milk Beverage (Mango Flavor)
- Monmilk Milk Deluxe Pure Milk
- Yili High Calcium Low Fat Mlk Beverage
- Dutch Lady Pure Milk
- Vita Fresh Milk
- Nestle Vanilla Flavor Ice Cream Cone
- Nestle Chocolate Flavor Ice Cream Cone
- Meiji Ujikintoki (red bean and green tea frozen confection)
- Meiji Hokaido Azuki (red bean ice cream)
- Trappist Dairy Low Fat Yogurt Drink
- Strawberry Sorbet
- Natural Choice Milk Ice Bar
- Papaya Milk Drink
- Assam Milk Tea
- Carbonize Coffee
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When I saw this list I heaved a sigh of relief because none of those products were ever on my grocery list. Well, except maybe for those ice cream cones which I don’t recall eating very recently anyway. But then another list popped up and this got me a bit distressed.
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- M&M’s
- Snickers
- Mentos Yoghurt Bottle
- Dove Chocolate
- Oreo Wafer Sticks
- Dutch Lady Sterilised Milk
- Wall’s All Natural Mango
- Mini Poppers Ice Cream
- Magnum Ice Cream
- Moo Sandwich Ice Cream
- Mini Cornetto
- Youcan Ice Cream
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Oh no!! My favorite M&M’s are on the list. I love Snickers too but I can manage to stay away from them. But M&M’s…I can’t!! In fact, I always have a stash in the fridge at any point in time.
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With a bit of hesitation I had to throw away 3 packs of Peanut Butter M&M’s this morning and half a pack of M&M’s with peanuts. Its like going on a diet only this time there’s no sneaking away at night to indulge in some cheating because there’s nothing to eat. This milk scare is definitely going to help me lose some weight. Its like popping some of the best weight loss pills without having much of a choice.
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As long as they don’t ban Twix, Toblerone, Reese’s, and Lindt, I’ll live.
Tags : milk, nutrition
Categories : Food, gripes, medical condition
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eric aka senor enrique
September 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
M&Ms, too? Oh no! My favorite!
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Cookie
September 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Hi Senor!! Apparently so. Kakainis nga eh. I felt so bad throwing my M&M’s away
Em Dy
September 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
When I learned about that list, I remembered you. Didn’t you just post them for Litratong Pinoy?
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julie
September 28th, 2008 at 2:50 am
I was looking for the Reese’s in the list buti na lang WALA
We don’t buy products made in China especially candies, biscuits, canned good and other products, we patronize locally made products.
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kathycot
September 28th, 2008 at 10:02 am
ang hilig ko pa naman bumili ng m&m’s sa sm supermarket…
may melamine na kaya ako?!
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lady cess
September 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
imglad you posted this. i was getting paranoid when i found out that nestle has products we should be wary of. buti wala dyan yung mga binibili ko.
wag muna ang m&m’s mo. nips na lang!
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Mitch
September 28th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Nalungkot ako sa Snickers ahuhu!
Ria
September 29th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Hi there. I am a regular reader of your blog pero ngayong lang ako nagka guts mag comment. May I ask for any link on the news about M&Ms? I’m sort of paranoid. Apparently, they haven’t pulled out M&M’s from the shelves in Hamburg and Dubai Duty free yet and it bothers me since I just bought the entire collection of M&M with the train toys (6 small vertical boxes) as pasalubong for my two girls. There will definitely be tantrums once they wake up tomorrow am and find all 6 boxes missing.
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Cookie
September 29th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Hi Em!! Oo nga eh..I just posted pics of M&M’s for LP. I didn’t know it yet when I posted.
Cookie
September 29th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Hi Julie!! Same here..I’ve always been a bit wary of food stuff from China. Chinese food, though, is an exception. Pero yung mga cookies, milk, chocolates, and condiments hindi ko talaga binibili.
Buti na lang di kasali ang Reese’s noh
Cookie
September 29th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Hi Kathycot!! The last batch of M&M’s I ate was last week. Tinapon ko na yung iba. Buhay pa naman ako so I guess di ako tinamaan ng Melamine. Ikaw din siguro..buhay ka pa eh..hehehe
Cookie
September 29th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Hi Cess!! Nakaka-paranoid talaga. I was in 168 nga last Friday and I refused to eat in the Chinese food stalls kasi natatakot ako. I just ate at good old Jollibee para sigurado.
Medyo galit-galit muna kami ng chocolates for now. Buti na rin yun. Fruits na lang muna ang aking panghimagas
Cookie
September 29th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Hi Mitch!! Naku andyan ka pa naman sa Subic….kaharian ng duty free at chocolates!! Meron namang Big Bang..lokal pero lasang Snickers
Cookie
September 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Hi Ria!! Very nice to meet you. Here’s a link you can check out http://www.mysinchew.com/node/16560?tid=14
I hope this helps
sherra
September 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I believed these products were pulled out from the market for melamine testing purposes. None of them were proven yet to contain any amount. But as it’s oftentimes said, it’s always better to err on the safe side.
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Rach (Heart of Rachel)
September 29th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
We also go for tried and tested products. Yohan loves M&M’s so it’s sad that it’s on the list. Nips nalang muna sa kanya.
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Anna
September 30th, 2008 at 6:21 am
when the melamine thing came out, i thought of the countless white rabbit and haw flakes candies that i ate when i was a kid. nakakapraning nga! and M&Ms? i still have a stash of the dark variety!
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annamanila
October 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
And oh no, not my Meijis. And nonono, not Andeng’s koala filled choco biscuits,
But hey, the good news is that Goya has come up with choco coated nuts na almost kasing sarap ng Meiji. Ang much much cheaper! Oh joy.
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Gonzalo Estevez
October 18th, 2008 at 3:56 am
Hey!. Nice! Really caouldn\’t agree more REGARDING \”No!! Not My M&M’s!!\”. I really liked it a lot. Try dairy and nut free chocolate. Thanks.
Matthew
March 25th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Your blog post is simple, concise and relevant with very good information. Thank you.
Darlz
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:16 am
well we all know everything turned out alright! i’ll survive as long as I have my toblerone!
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