Food Alerts / Allergy Alerts - Stop consumption of suspected chemical-tainted milk products

Stop consumption of suspected chemical-tainted milk products

Issue Date	3.12.2011
Source of Information	The Centre for Food Safety (CFS)
Food Product	Milk Products
Product Name and Description	Details of the affected products are as follows: Product name: Trappist Dairy Hi-Calcium Low Fat Milk Drink Product size: 236ml Use by date: 4.12.2011 Product name: Trappist Dairy Fresh Milk Product size: 236ml Use by date: 6.12.2011 Product name: Trappist Dairy Fresh Milk Product size: 946ml Use by date: 6.12.2011 The company is recalling the products.
Reason For Issuing Alert	Samples of the milk products were found to contain toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes. These chemicals should not exist in these milk products. Dietary exposure estimation showed that consumption of the samples would not exceed the tolerable daily intake levels established by the World Health Organization for drinking-water quality for toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes, indicating that adverse health effects are unlikely.
Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety	The CFS has alerted the trade and instructed the manufacturer concerned to immediately stop sale and recall all of their paper pack milk products of different flavours and pack sizes in the market. The CFS is closely monitoring the recall arrangements and will continue to follow up on the case.
Advice to the Trade	Stop selling the concerned products
Advice to Consumers	Stop consuming the concerned products Seek medical advice if have doubts
Further Information	The CFS press release For enquiries about the recall, members of the public may call the company's hotline：2471 9861

Centre for Food Safety
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
2011-12-3

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