TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - Taiwan's health minister said six Nestle milk products
found tainted with melamine were banned from sale.
"The products from (the Chinese province of) Heilongjiang were tested for
very low levels of melamine and removed from the shelves," said health minister
Yeh Ching-chuan.
The products, manufactured by Heilongjiang-based Shuangcheng Nestle Co and
sold under the labels Nestle and Klim, include forumlas for children and the
elderly, according to the health department.
This added to a growing list of tainted Chinese-made dairy products found on
the island, including milk, creamers, instant coffee, soups and sweets.
Taiwan has banned all Chinese dairy imports following the tainted milk
scandal there and ordered those already imported to be tested for melamine.
Around 10 pct of Taiwan's imported milk powder came from China and
authorities here have seized nearly 10 tonnes of formula produced by Sanlu
Group, the Chinese company originally at the centre of the health scare.
A Taiwanese hospital last week said three toddlers and one woman have
developed kidney stones after drinking tainted Chinese milk products, in the
island's first confirmed cases.
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