Cadbury Recalls Chinese-Made Chocolate

Candy Sold In Taiwan, Hong Kong And Australia Found To Contain Chemical Melamine In Tests

(AP)  British candy maker Cadbury said Monday it is recalling 11 types of Chinese-made chocolates after tests found they contained the industrial chemical melamine.

A Cadbury spokesman said it was too early to say how much of the chemical was in the chocolates.

"These are preliminary findings from tests. And it's too early to say where the source was or the extent of it," the spokesman told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

He declined to be named because of company policy.

Cadbury said in a statement it has recalled 11 chocolate products made at its factory in Beijing which are distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia.

The company said, however, that all its dairy suppliers have been cleared by government milk testing.

China's recent food safety scandal started with the discovery of melamine, which is used to make plastics, in baby milk powder.

Four infants have died and some 54,000 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.

[gop_will_win]

So what? Things are made cheaper there bcause they do not have standards and government oversight. If we did away with standards and government oversight here, we could make things as cheap here the jobs would come back and we could have cheap quality products once again in America.

[zorar-2009]

China does not care 1 iota what bad ingredients it''s sending to the US ....
Wake up America don''t buy made in china products!

[gop_will_win]

China does not care 1 iota what bad ingredients it''''s sending to the US ....
Wake up America don''''t buy made in china products!


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Posted by zorar
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Too late, everything is made there now.

[republic1776]

It''s all about greed.
In another 20 years when 1000''s have cancer, we can bail the health care system out too!
Just print more money!

[republic1776]

Also, we have Unions to thank for this too!
By the way Union Pension funds are being covered in this rencent bailout too!

[pollroller1]

I have said it before and I will say it again. There is no way to know where the ingredients in our foods come from. I wish there was a way to tell but right now there''s not.

[easeup-2009]

Can you imagine what''s in a Chinese hot dog?

Yikes!

[cyberdjs4]

Hmmm...

Asian food and electronics,
Indian tech support,
Mexican labor,
Arab oil:

Kinda makes that "war on terror" thingy seem largely irrelevant.

[luvcomments]

It''s not just that finished products are imported from China or made in China by our American companies, ingredients are imported from China and elsewheree and used in American-made products. From the beginning, this global market fiasco has been a corruption on the part of "big money" with sheer greed as the power behind it, with absolute zero interest in what it does to any individual or even country - just look at the mess we''re in all the way around from global inter-action between the banks and our debt and everything you can think of. Why do we always seem to put our wellbeing in the hands of educated idiots? They have only one goal - enriching themselves. The old concept of separate countries doesn''t apply any more. They are all merely markets in one massive global playground for the manipulators.

[govwatch-2009]

How you spend your dollars and how you cast your vote has more power to change things than any politician of government. Learn about what you are doing. We are the idiots!

[notopennshut]

It''s a matter of GREED!! These well-known and long-established companies want huge profits and resort to finding them in other countries, especially China which has low paid workers. Of course China will now allow outside quality control and these companies are just as happy to "trust" the Chinese authorities because what they pay in bribes is usually less than setting up their own controls in China. Thus, people and animals are dead. Until we stop the profit-eager companies of investing in this kind of scheme, no one is safe. Everyone should protest and STOP purchasing anything "made in China" in order to show that we will not tolerate these dangerous practices. The US should be the first one to do it since most of the products sold here are from China. So the people may have to pay more for goods and food that is safe, In the end that will be less expensive than death or having to pay all your medical bills. We should begin this blockade right now before it is too late.

[erasmus81]

"Wake up America don''''t buy made in china products!"

Posted by zorar at 11:24 AM : Sep 29, 2008

We can''t wake up. We''re all braindead from having our food poisoned over the years and not knowing it.


"War looks very different today...
Are the Chinese winning???"

Posted by inventagod2 at 01:02 PM : Sep 29, 2008

Yes, I think they are.:)


I''ve said it before. What a better way to take over the world?

[nordeck52]

I have said it before and I will say it again. There is no way to know where the ingredients in our foods come from. I wish there was a way to tell but right now there''''s not.

Posted by pollroller1 at 12:17 PM : Sep 29, 2008


Not necessarily. Go to a garden and pick some veggies, then serve them with your meal (the other stuff in the meal is irrelevant). Then try telling somebody you don''t know where you got your veggies from.

[dakotaclark]

Hmmm...

Yes, greed certainly is a major part of the problem. Many companies in the U.S., and other countries, are chasing bigger profits through lower labor costs.

However, sadly, many of these companies have been learning the very hard way that cheaper is not always better.

Within the past ten years, there have been sooo many incidents with product safety involving Made in China products, it boggles the mind.

There is a Made in China product proliferation, involving most any product whether it be clothing, a bath mat, a tea kettle, or shoes.

If you need to replace an item, it is difficult not to buy it if the only availability is Made in China. In other words, it is difficult to boycott Chinese items.

Consumers must come together, to find a way to let companies know that enough is enough, that we are tired of buying crappola, hazardous, products.

[sherminata]

Is this what we get from shipping our jobs to China? This is another proof of this administration''s bad judgment on economy, public safety and wellfare.

[xmanborg]

China sent the USA bad Pet Food that killed hundreds of people pets. They used the industrial chemical melamine to make the milk seem high in protein when they watered the milk down and added the melamine.

Its a wake up call now for the Govt of China to Shape UP and regulate your industries or we will ban your products. Its a good thing because this is the 2nd time Melamine has gotten China in trouble and they are loosing millions of dollars a day in exports.

[xmanborg]

China sent the USA bad Pet Food that killed hundreds of people pets. They used the industrial chemical melamine to make the milk seem high in protein when they watered the milk down and added the melamine.

Its a wake up call now for the Govt of China to Shape UP and regulate your industries or we will ban your products. Its a good thing because this is the 2nd time Melamine has gotten China in trouble and they are loosing millions of dollars a day in exports.

3rd time will be the charm and I bet that going to be less then 3 years down the road until it happens.

[pollroller1]

Not necessarily. Go to a garden and pick some veggies, then serve them with your meal (the other stuff in the meal is irrelevant). Then try telling somebody you don''''t know where you got your veggies from.
Posted by nordeck52
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And just what garden and what stuff in the meal that you say is irrelevant are you talking about.
The only place around here to buy food is the grocery store. We do get some veggies at the local farmers market in the summer, but I''m really not too sure where that comes from.

[onetwirll]

Is this what we get from shipping our jobs to China? This is another proof of this administration''''s bad judgment on economy, public safety and wellfare.
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Posted by sherminata at 02:19 PM : Sep 29, 2008

Great example of an uneducated, uninformed individual who is probably of voting age this year...Um, China and the US have been doing business for years through many administrations. If you don''t like it, then don''t buy things with the little tag that says "made in China"

[erasmus81]

Not necessarily. Go to a garden and pick some veggies, then serve them with your meal (the other stuff in the meal is irrelevant). Then try telling somebody you don''''''''t know where you got your veggies from.
Posted by nordeck52
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And just what garden and what stuff in the meal that you say is irrelevant are you talking about.
The only place around here to buy food is the grocery store. We do get some veggies at the local farmers market in the summer, but I''''m really not too sure where that comes from.

Posted by pollroller1 at 03:24 PM : Sep 29, 2008

nordeck52 is talking about the garden you should have in your back yard. The one that doesn''t have any sprays or chemicals on it.

[pollroller1]

nordeck52 is talking about the garden you should have in your back yard. The one that doesn''''t have any sprays or chemicals on it.
Posted by erasmus81 at 03:36 PM : Sep 29, 2008
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That would be great if we had a garden. We live in the city and we don''t have a place to have a garden.
I guess if it was a perfect world and everybody could have gardens, that would work. The reality is that not many people can have a garden. So we have to go to the store and buy our food.

[jng123-2009]

That would be great if we had a garden. We live in the city and we don''''t have a place to have a garden.
I guess if it was a perfect world and everybody could have gardens, that would work. The reality is that not many people can have a garden. So we have to go to the store and buy our food.




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Posted by pollroller1 at 03:52 PM : Sep 29, 2008


Mmmm...if you were really wanted to do it, you could have an inside garden. I mean, it would take a lot of care and work, but you could definitely have something if you make some room., hydroponic or otherwise...

[erasmus81]

"The reality is that not many people can have a garden."
Posted by pollroller1 at 03:52 PM : Sep 29, 2008

That is very true.

[pollroller1]

Mmmm...if you were really wanted to do it, you could have an inside garden. I mean, it would take a lot of care and work, but you could definitely have something if you make some room., hydroponic or otherwise...
Posted by jng123
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Yeah, then the cops will come and break down the door because they will think we are growing pot. LOL

[myopinion1]

WHY are companies having their product turned into deadly c.r.a.p over in China? PROFIT. Sickening. I hope they lose their business over this. I''m so sick of these cheap companies playing with our lives.

[airboatboy1]

And stay away from the fortune cookies! The f#####g things lie!

[hypnotoad72]

Given all the (snide or even relevant) remarks removed from a certain China-centric article from yesterday, I''m amazed at what''s being allowed in today''s article.

[antoniof123]

Oh this will really help their bottom line.

LOL this is saving them money?

Must be a concervative savings!

[livewire190]

If China keeps this up thier economy will be the next to fall to the beast.

[gonesouthern]

It is about time that one of there bad products has come back to them instead of to us and the rest of the world. Now maybe they will take a more proactive roll with helping international police arrest and prosecute the Chinese Companies producing these knockoff chemicals.

[telltale57]

food grown in a garden in a city would possibly or probably have more toxic chemicals than that grown on farms. You have no idea where the dirt came from. Chemicals falling from the air onto the ground. Old industrial sites, spills, etc. Better have the soil tested at least.

[hawksprings]

Some country or company is missing a golden opportunity to knock China off the top of the heap of cheap products.

[notopennshut]

Read the labels! Any kind of foodstuff from China should be avoided. In fact, until China is serious about making safety an issue, we should boycott ALL products from China. When it hurts the wallet, they will begin to take note. Sure, home-made goods would be more expensive, but the chances of getting sick or dying is a lot less. Promote your own country''s products, you are also helping the economy. When China realizes that we would not stand for this kind of behavior, they may finally crack down on the fly-by-night operations. Sure we would like to help other nations, but not at such great cost to our own. Boycott Chinese goods now!!

[alphaa10-2009]

Is it too soon to hope "innovative American business" starts manufacturing in our own country, again?

As it is, I already have met my minimum daily requirement for melamine this week, thank you.

The relatively "lessez faire" (hands-off) business climate of the PRC means little concern and protection for American consumers. If you can imagine, that means even less concern than provided by our own (Bush lessez faire) Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Thank you, American business, for scuttling over to the PRC to prop up the world''s wealthiest dictatorship-- and hold American health and safety hostage, as a decided bonus.

[abmekeel]

i think at this juncture,everyone should pull out their products and make them in their "own backyard" so to speak. there has been too many problems with china''s products.

[telltale57]

It''s not laissez faire in China, at least not in the normal sense of the word. It''s systematic corruption from the top down. On the one hand criminals in the system of connections and bribery of various sorts are not only not punished, but are actually protected by the law. (Exception proves the rule in this case.) But in fact it is worse. In many spheres - such as in the tofu-house school buildings - opting out of the system of bribery is simply not an option. You will lose your job. It goes to the top and the chain flows to the very top.

[carlylaine]

AHHHHHH the GLOBAL ECONOMY...ain''t it ''F''ing grand?

[telltale57]

I wouldn''t blame it on the Chinese people. They are great. They have the misfortune to be ruled by an unopposed mafia.

[Michael Arnold]

Geeze, I went to buy some Brach''s Candy Corn and its now stamped made in MEXICO. It doesn''t even hold together. God, isn''t anything sacred?

[cbsblogger]

Hershey Chocolate is made in Mexico. The traitorous CEO scum of America have sold out our country. I refuse to buy these products anymore.

[cbsblogger]

It''''s not laissez faire in China, at least not in the normal sense of the word. It''''s systematic corruption from the top down. On the one hand criminals in the system of connections and bribery of various sorts are not only not punished, but are actually protected by the law. (Exception proves the rule in this case.) But in fact it is worse. In many spheres - such as in the tofu-house school buildings - opting out of the system of bribery is simply not an option. You will lose your job. It goes to the top and the chain flows to the very top.


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Posted by telltale57 at 08:37 PM : Sep 29, 2008

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That sounds like the USA, not China.

[wkuinkc]

Who would have guessed that a totalitarian communist dictatorship that runs their own kids over with tanks on international television would do such a thing?

What is amazing to me is that anyone is surprised that these stories keep coming up. This is the natural endgame of unregulated capitalism. We are relearning old lessons on a global scale.

[stn_sage]

I was reading another article today that said Mars M & M''s are potentially contaminated with melamine! They, ALSO, are being made in China!

Yikes! I wonder if there''s any major candies producers left in the U.S. that are doing widespread shipping both domestically and internationally?

This is sad! Things have gotten so bad you can''t even go out and buy some chocolate, candy bars, or M & M''s without taking your life into your hands!

When I was a kid, they had candy SHOPS with rows and rows of different candies, and most of it was made right here in the good old U.S.A.!

Boy, those days are gone---that''s too bad, too!

[kaelinda]

Actually, I''m not at all displeased by all these reports of melamine contamination coming out of China. I''m sorry for all the illnesses and deaths, of course, but the more disasters produced by foreign manufacturers, the more domestic manufacturers are likely to bring the jobs back home. American workers may not be the hardest working in the world, but they''re certainly the most productive for the dollars spent on their wages!

[oneworldusa]

Posted by telltale57 at 09:04 PM : Sep 29, 2008

-I don''t think anyone blames the Chinese people, per se, it''s the US companies farming out jobs and manufacturing to make a buck while in the meantime they are practicing absolutely no quality control. And the Chinese governments and businessmen(women) who, also for the sake of a buck or yen, or whatever don''t give a rat''s behind about the quality of goods they provide. Its not the people as a whole, its the greedy business and governments allowing this to happen.

[oneworldusa]

America, I''ve been saying and practicing this for years. Do NOT buy anything Made in China. Period. If you must have something, find a brand Made in USA or at least guam, indonesia, etc. that have NOT been known to poison us yet. Some will argue Made in USA could contain Chinese components. Yes, perhaps, but at least SOME of you money will go to support US jobs, not entirely to China which insists on poisoning us.

[carlylaine]

sorry...I was trying to multitask...I meant we IMPORT the most from China and EXPORT...

[carlylaine]

Forget it...I know what I am trying to write but I guess I''m too upset ...so lucky you...I ain''t blogging anymore tonight, unless it''s simple...