EAGER to reassure consumers wary of food containing dairy products from China, major food manufacturers have come out to say their snacks are safe to eat.
On Saturday, both Kraft and Wall's took out advertisements in major newspapers, including The Straits Times, to reassure customers that their products do not contain milk or dairy ingredients from China.
But their clarifications only created more confusion, as consumers felt their claims contradicted actions taken by supermarkets and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). The advertisements had prompted a flurry of letters and e-mail messages from confused consumers questioning the truth of their claims and the AVA's directive.
BRITISH confectionery group Cadbury said yesterday it was withdrawing all of its 11 chocolate products made in Beijing after preliminary tests show they contain melamine, but the move does not affect Singapore.
'All Cadbury chocolates here are made in Australia,' A Cadbury spokesman at the Singapore office told The Straits Times yesterday.
The London-based group said its products, including Cadbury Eclairs and bulk packets of Dairy Milk chocolate, were being recalled from mainland China and the export markets of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia. But it is too early to say how much melamine is in the chocolates, Associated Press reported last night.
