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Tainted Cadbury chocolate found in Hong Kong

BEIJING (AP) -- Hong Kong said Sunday it found two Cadbury chocolate products contained considerably more of the industrial chemical melamine than the city's legal limit in a growing scandal over tainted food made in China.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Sun, Oct 05 2008

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06 Oct 08 visit Cadbury products found with melamine in Hong Kong  »  Shanghai Daily TWO Cadbury chocolate products were found containing more than the legal limit of the chemical melamine in Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region’s center for food safety said yesterday. The two Cadbury...
30 Sep 08 visit Cadbury recalls 11 chocolate products in Hong Kong  »  People's Daily The Center for Food Safety of Hong Kong (CFS) announced on Monday that the Cadbury Asia Pacific would recall some of its chocolate products. The CFS said it was informed by Cadbury Asia Pacific that the company would, as a precautionary step,...
03 Dec 08 visit Another melamine-tainted egg found in Hong Kong  »  Shanghai Daily ANOTHER egg sample was found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine yesterday in Hong Kong. The Center for Food Safety found 4.7 parts per million (ppm) of the chemical in the egg sample, which exceeded...
01 Oct 08 visit Chocolates, cheesecake, cookies caught in tainted-milk scandal  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA'S contaminated milk scandal spread yesterday with 11 kinds of Cadbury-brand candies being pulled from shops in Beijing and Hong Kong's food-safety agency reporting it had found the industrial chemical melamine...
29 Sep 08 visit Cadbury, Oreo's, M&M's and Snickers pulled off the shelves in Hong Kong while Chinese quality officials drink milk to assuage public fears  »  Shanghaiist AP: Cadbury has recalled 11 types of China-made candy in Hong Kong although it has not been confirmed that melamine has been found in those products. Supermarkets have also been pulling Oreo's, M&M's and Snickers off the shelves after Indonesia found...

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