Cadbury recalls Chinese-made chocolates

Associated Press
Posted: 2008-09-29 13:04:40+05:30 IST
Updated: Sep 29, 2008 at 1304 hrs IST

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British candy maker Cadbury has recalled 11 types of its Chinese-made chocolate as a precaution, the Hong Kong government said, becoming the latest foreign company affected by China's tainted milk scandal.

Cadbury Asia Pacific told the Hong Kong government's Center for Food Safety the chocolates were made in Cadbury's factory in the Chinese capital Beijing, the Hong Kong government said in a statement.

It wasn't immediately clear if tests found the industrial chemical melamine in the products.

After-hours calls to Cadbury's media office in Britain went unanswered.

China's recent food safety scandal started with the discovery of melamine in baby milk powder.

Four deaths have been blamed on the bad milk, and some 54,000 children have developed kidney stones or other illnesses after drinking the contaminated baby formula.

Authorities say suppliers might have added melamine, which is rich in nitrogen, to watered-down milk to deceive quality tests for protein.

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