09.30.08

Taiwan finds melamine in biscuits imported from Malaysia

Posted in Health at 4:57 pm by heaven

Taipei - A Taiwan company began Tuesday to recall a batch of cheese cracker sandwiches imported from Malaysia after finding the toxic chemical melamine in the biscuits. The Golden Kestrel Co Ltd ordered the recall after test results at two laboratori...

Taiwan demands apology, compensation from China over tainted milk

Posted in Health at 5:54 am by heaven

Taipei - Taiwan on Tuesday demanded an apology and possible compensation from China over imported milk tainted with the chemical melamine. Hereby, I make a formal request to demand China apologize to Taiwan, Premier Liu Chao-hsuan told parliament. ...

Thai food and drug agency finds melamine in Chinese milk powder

Posted in Health at 2:48 am by heaven

Bangkok - Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found traces of melamine in 20 tons of milk powder imported from China, where at least four children have died from excessive melamine intake, media reports said Tuesday. The chemical was fo...

09.29.08

Doctors baffled by partly blind Australian

Posted in Health at 10:06 am by heaven

Sydney - Australian doctors are at a loss to explain why Melbourne's Natalie Adler can see perfectly for part of the week but whose eyes are tight shut for the rest, news reports said Monday. She's a one-off and we don't have a diagnosis, the Royal...

Cadbury withdraws made-in-China chocolate bars over milk scare

Posted in Health at 9:24 am by heaven

Hong Kong - Chocolate maker Cadbury is recalling 11 types of chocolate bars made at its Beijing plant and sold in Hong Kong, health officials said Monday. The decision was made voluntarily by the company in response to the scare over melamine found i...

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