Melamine in LOTTE Koala Biscuits

i saw the news last night while i was on my way to work... sadly, reports said that another brand tested positive for melamine contamination -- the locally available popular Japanese brand LOTTE has been found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine: Lotte Strawberry Snack Koala Biscuit, Lotte B+W Koala Biscuit and Lotte Chocolate Snack Koala Biscuit.

on the contrary, 56 more products have been cleared from melamine contamination bringing the numbers up to 166 milk and dairy products tested in total... at least there is still a brighter side, right? see updated list below:


Tested NEGATIVE for Melamine:

• Arla Instant White Milk Powder Milex 126
• Baby Sucker Candy (Smart Plastic Mfg.)
• Baina Watch Milk Candy
• Bainapie Coolmilk Bean
• Barbie Milk Candy
• Call and Text Candy (Smart Plastic Mfg.)
• Chang's Chin Tai Chang Square Cookies
• Changtai Food Lollipop Candy
• Chaozhou-Zhancui Original Butter Scoth Classic Candy
• Cow's Head Skimmed Milk Powder (Spray dried process)
• Dairy Cow Instant Whole Milk Powder
• Dongguan Bairong Strawberry Biscuit
• Dongguan HSU-CHI Orange Sandwich Cookies
• Duke's Choco Crunch Bar
• Erko Marsmallows (Dairy Milk Flavour Filling)
• Galaxy Sweetened Milk Powder
• H&Y (Healthy & Young) Jollybee Eat & Drink Candy (Orange Flavor)
• Jiayuan Shuang Le Tong Candy
• JollyCow Sterilized Milk
• Khong Guan Custard Cream Biscuit
• Khong Guan Marie Biscuit
• Lotte Nidoo Skimmed Milk Biscuit
• MC Nation Confectionary Milky Beans Candy
• Milk Land Milk Powder (Sweet Cream Buttermilk Powder)
• Orion "It's Now" Custard Cream Cake
• Palma Commercial Skimmed Milk Powder
• Permen Aneka Rasa Buah Candy Granules
• Red Bull Skimmed Milk Powder
• Sam's Super i Man Milk Candy
• Strange Biscuit of Common Song/ Guava Cookies
• Sweetworld Almo Milk Powder Bottle
• The New Zoland Company Omilk Bonbon Yogurt Milk Soft Drops (Original Taste)
• Tiwi Banana Split Chocolate
• Vitasoy Malted Soya Bean Milk
• Angels First Love Barquillos Fresh Milk Wafer Sticks
• Barbecue Candy (MM)
• Darrys Milk Choco Candy
• Golden Fuji Crisp Tomato Flavor Cracker
• Golden Fuji Vegetable Flavor Cracker
• Houshuang Winter Mint Candy (MM)
• KZ Gundam Long Candy
• Lipton Milk Tea (Original Flavour) -- product of Indonesia
• Lipton Milk Tea (Vanilla Flavour) -- product of Indonesia
• Nice Choice Pineapple Cake
• OO Chocolate Bean Candy
• Sandwich Biscuits (green wrapper, in Chinese characters)
• Sandwich Biscuits (purple wrapper, in Chinese characters)
• Sandwich Biscuits (yellow wrapper, in Chinese characters)
• Sour Lollipop 2 in 1 (Strawberry, Orange, Pineapple)
• Sweet Dart 8.8 Butter Bali Candy
• The New Zoland Company Omilk Bonbon Yogurt Milk Soft Drops (grape flavour)
• W.L. Sweet Dart Pines Milk Candy
• W.L. Sweet Dart Royal Orange Candy
• W.L. Yaahoo Cheese Biscuit
• Zhongshan Meihua Galletas De Chocola Te Butter with Filling Cake
• Zhongshan Meihua Good Taste Sweet-Smelling and Crisp Biscuits (Nutrition Health Foods)

sources:
Fourth China product has melamine--BFAD
Melamine in 2 more ‘Lotte’ products (22 other food brands safe)

OMG! when will this be over? i heard there are approximately 50 more milk products subject to melamine contamination testing... sigh...

haven't seen OREO from all the listings i've posted here and that's the brand i've been waiting to see since this milk scandal started... also, since this issue began, i've always been checking labels of all cookies, chocolates, candies, biscuits and other dairy products i consume due to my undying paranoia... unlike before, i only check the expiration date and the price (if reasonable.. haha) of the product...

now, these chocolates should be forgotten... craving would only be a waste... but this is just for the mean time... until everthing's cleared... soon... hopefully...

...helping in my own little ways... (^-^)v

~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

JOE's Pepero Commercial

despite the growing melamine milk scandal, joe cheng still signed the contract and endorsed PEPERO's chocolate sticks manufactured by LOTTE. well, this brave hottie said that the milk powder used in this product has been subjected and cleared from melamine contamination before he agreed signing for the project. wearing a tight white clothing, he turns himself into a cupid and using the long chocolate stick to change into a cupid arrow, easily earned him NT $3,500,000 (whew! that's a lot huh?!).

below is an article i got from http://udn.com/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENT/ENT2/4549777.shtml that features joe's pepero commercial:

Credits:
Thanks to Kassy for the translation
YCYC - arjoe.net family

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Udn.com
2008/10/7
Joe Cheng endorsing chocolate stick; Taiwan ’s LOTTE has to study a bit more
Zheng Yuan Chang has successfully invaded Korea , after getting a Korean beverage advertisement, lately he’s being picked as to endorse a chocolate stick. But the toxic milk crisis is still going on plus China ’s LOTTE’s teddy bear cookie was being tested by Macau to have Melamine in it. Zheng Yuan Chang is taking on quite a big risk to endorse for this product. Yesterday his manager He An Li gave a hard smile and said: [When I have to release the news of him endorsing this product, everyone keeps asking me whether the cookies contain any milk powder? Is it toxic?]

In order to make everyone feeling more secure, yesterday Taiwan ’s LOTTE manufacturer has released a statement stating that all the products for Taiwan ’s LOTTE have already been tested on 29th of September and the products are free of Melamine. He An Li also said that during the toxic milk crisis and cookies, the manufacturer has took the initiative to contact them (Joe’s management company) and informed them that all the products are undergoing the testing phase. Once the tested result is out, they have also immediately notified them about it, very sincere.

Zheng Yuan Chang said, normally he only drinks black coffee and seldom eats snack so he did not suffer from the toxic milk crisis. This endorsement has left a very deep impression on him because he will turn into a cupid in the advertisement. The story plot in the advertisement is to have him leading a group of young girls to express their love bravely by aiming their arrow of love at the guy that they desire, little does he knows that in the end all the young girls are aiming their arrows at Zheng Yuan Chang, very hilarious.

i have actually seen the video in youtube. it was really funny... but i wish the commercial was a bit longer... i think it only lasted for 20seconds... sigh... i haven't had much glimpse of my joe cheng... hehehehe

though i've been so paranoid and greatly affected by the melamine scandal, i actually wouldn't mind eating this choco stick for JOE CHENG... as the saying goes, "for every rule, there's an exception" and in this case, joe's the exception... haha :P anything for him.. no questions asked... hehehe (^-^)v

~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*