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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: And so it begins here... Haitai biscuits pulled from Korean |
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2008/09/25/7/0302000000AEN20080925003900320F.HTML
Here we go... I think that, deep down inside, we all know we've been ingesting this crap somehow. I bet this is the tip of the iceberg:
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Haitai recalls biscuits after finding toxic chemical from China
혻 혻 SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- Haitai Confectionery and Foods Co., one of South Korea's leading snack makers, said Thursday it is recalling products after detecting the same poisonous chemical found in baby formula across China.
혻 혻 Haitai is recalling 6,296 packs of its "Misarang" brand biscuit, as the nation's food protection agency said the product was tainted with melamine.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration recently launched a probe into whether imported snacks and other processed foods from China contain melamine, a toxic chemical used to make plastics and fertilizer, amid a global scandal over contaminated baby formula.
혻혻 Last week, Chinese authorities said melamine was found in baby formula from 22 Chinese manufacturers. At least four infants have died and more than 50,000 babies have been sickened by the tainted milk so far.
혻혻 An official at Haitai said the company will destroy all of the products once the recall is completed.
혻혻 "The recall may be completed today because the distribution volume is relatively small," the Haitai official said.
혻 혻 Haitai imported the biscuit products from an unidentified Chinese company on an original equipment manufacturing basis, the official said.
혻 혻 On late Wednesday, the KFDA said it has banned imports of Chinese-made dairy and other food products using powered milk as an ingredient due to the discovery of the toxic chemical in South Korea.
혻혻 In a statement, the KFDA said the import ban will continue until the safety of Chinese food products is ensured.
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cazzy3
Joined: 07 May 2008
Location: kangwon-do
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| i was unaware that haiti was capable of exporting biscuits since they have such a hard time feeding its own people....oh wait- misleading title got me again!! damned you typos!! |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Oops... fixed it.
I noticed the price of Korean milk has gone haywire since this all started. Makes me wonder if they've been importing.......... |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| I do know a great deal of Korean food is from China. A Korean man told me that they don't have enough kimchi so they have to get it from China and that they have many problems with bad quality kimchi. Same goes for the rice and most candy and snacks. It's over priced Chinese garbage. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:17 am Post subject: Re: And so it begins here... Haitai biscuits pulled from Kor |
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2008/09/25/7/0302000000AEN20080925003900320F.HTML
Here we go... I think that, deep down inside, we all know we've been ingesting this crap somehow. I bet this is the tip of the iceberg:
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Haitai recalls biscuits after finding toxic chemical from China
혻 혻 SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- Haitai Confectionery and Foods Co., one of South Korea's leading snack makers, said Thursday it is recalling products after detecting the same poisonous chemical found in baby formula across China.
혻 혻 Haitai is recalling 6,296 packs of its "Misarang" brand biscuit, as the nation's food protection agency said the product was tainted with melamine.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration recently launched a probe into whether imported snacks and other processed foods from China contain melamine, a toxic chemical used to make plastics and fertilizer, amid a global scandal over contaminated baby formula.
혻혻 Last week, Chinese authorities said melamine was found in baby formula from 22 Chinese manufacturers. At least four infants have died and more than 50,000 babies have been sickened by the tainted milk so far.
혻혻 An official at Haitai said the company will destroy all of the products once the recall is completed.
혻혻 "The recall may be completed today because the distribution volume is relatively small," the Haitai official said.
혻 혻 Haitai imported the biscuit products from an unidentified Chinese company on an original equipment manufacturing basis, the official said.
혻 혻 On late Wednesday, the KFDA said it has banned imports of Chinese-made dairy and other food products using powered milk as an ingredient due to the discovery of the toxic chemical in South Korea.
혻혻 In a statement, the KFDA said the import ban will continue until the safety of Chinese food products is ensured.
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Kuala Lumpur already did the same thing on September 13th... (2 weeks ago)....
what did Korea do? watch the news and say - (on September 25th) - hey Malaysia recalled all the products - perhaps we had better do this too?
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=361167
Malaysia's response to the melamine threat was immediate.
"The moment we found out that there was melamine contamination in dairy products on Sept 13, we issued a Level Six Auto Rejection Inspection at all customs inspection points for all dairy products from China.
"Today, we issued a Level Five Inspection on all products coming from China to ensure that no melamine-contaminated products enter the country. Our officers will take samples of the product, test and inspect them before letting them through," said Liow.
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bassexpander
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:20 am Post subject: |
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No, I'll bet someone received a bribe to allow them to sell it all off before it got pulled.
That's what makes me wonder about all of the other crap that's probably out there. |
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