28 milk products found negative for melamine -- BFAD
OIC-Director Ariel I. Valencia of the Department of Health-Center for Health and Development Western Visayas disclosed that per result of the laboratory tests conducted by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD),twenty eight (28) infant formula and other milk products were found negative for melamine.
In the recent DOH-BFAD advisory no. 2008-009, the 28 milk and milk products found negative for Melamine are: Anchor Likte Milk,Anlene High Calcium Low Fat Milk UHT 9recombined),Bear Brand Instant,Chicchok Milk Chocolate,Farmland Skim Milk,Jinwei Drink, Jolly Cow Pure Fresh Milk,Kiddie Soya Milk Egg Delight,Lactogen 1 DHA Infant Formula,M&M's Milk Chocalate candies,M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candies,Milk Boy,Nestogen 2 DHA Follow-up Formula,Nestogen 3 DHA Follow-up Formula,Nido 3+ Prebio with DHA,Nido Full Cream Milk Powder,Nido Junior,No-Sugar Chocolate ofIsomstooligosaccharide (Cocoa Butter Substitute),Nutri-Express Milk Drink,PURA UHT Fresh Milk,Snickers Fresh Roasted in Caramel and Soft Nougat in Thick Milk Chocolate,Vitasoy Soya Bean Milk,Wahaha Orange,Wahaha Yellow,Want-Want Milk Drink(Red Can),Windmill Skim Milk Powder,Yinlu Milk Peanut, Yogee Yoghurt Flavor Milk Drink.
For milk and milk products found positive for Melamine,the DOH-BFAD advisory disclosed that these products are Greenfood Yil Fresh Milk(in Chinese character), and Menglu Drink (in Chinese character). The consumers are advised not to purchase or consume the two aforesaid products which were found positive for melamine.
Director Leticia-Barbara B. Gutierez of the Bureau of BFAD said that following the recent reported findings and contamination of the presence of melamine in infant formula and milk products produced in China, the BFAD has since then been monitoring and collected aforecited products in the market for testing/analyses
Dr. Valencia said that in Region 6, they will still continue to closely monitor milk products/infant formula to ensure that consumers are protected from melamine-contaminated products.(PIA/T.Villavert)