BANNED LIST

General

Meat and meat products;

edible fats and cooking oil;

eggs and egg products;

milk and milk products;

foods with more than two percent egg content;

special purpose food containing milk, egg, meat and their products;

and milk chocolate.

Meat and meat products includes fresh meat, frozen meat, dried meat, canned meat, meat extracts and food gelatine, while edible fats and cooking oil included dripping, suet and pig fat.

Milk and milk products are milk, fresh milk, skimmed milk, pasteurized milk, UHT milk, full cream milk, cultured milk, condensed milk, cream, pasteurized cream, butter, cheese and ice-cream.

Foods containing more than two percent egg refer to pasta, flour confectionery and mayonnaise.

Special purpose foods include infant formula, baby cereals, low-energy food, dietary formula food.

Health Ministry identified six brands of milk powder
suspected to be contaminated with dioxin.

Dutch Baby (Frisolac 1 and Frisolac 2 Follow-up)
,
Dumex (Mamex and Mamil)
,
Nestle (Pre-Nan, Nan HA-New Improved Formula, Neslac, Klim Superkid, Nespray Junior, Nespray High Calcium, Milkmaid Fullcream Condensed Milk, Lactogen 1, Lactogen 2, Pre-Nan Formula for Low Birthweight Infants, Nan 1 and Nan 2),

Morinaga Milk (Morinaga Chil-Mil 1 Infant Formula and Morinaga Chil-Mil 2 Follow-Up Formula),

Wyeth (S26, SMA Infant Formula and Promil)
and
Maeil Dairy (Maeil Infant).

The following are some of the items that have been taken off the shelves :

Crackers and Biscuits McVities, Kjeldsens, Van Delft Marie, Loacker, Kerk, Hellenia Fourre.

Chocolates Kinder, Lindt, Droste, Ritter, Toblerone, Ferrero Roche.

Infant Formula and Other Milk Nespray Junior/Growing-Up Milk, Klim Superkid, Milkmaid Full Cream Sweetened Condensed Milk (525g), Mamamil (Dumex), Mamaplus (Dumex), SMA (Wyeth), Milumil (Milupa), Milupa Cereals, Pre-Nan, Nan 1, Nan 2, Nan 2 With Bifidus, Nan Ha, Neslac With Bifidus, Nespray Junior, Nespray Hi-Calcium

* Lactogen 1 and Lactogen 2: contains a very limited quantity of ingredients from Europe.

Cheese Laughing Cow, President, Tiger, The Three Cows, Md-Danish, Fmrorg, Puck, Embong and cheese from Britain, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Denmark and Switzerland

Checking for expiry dates

How to spot safe milk products
Product Brand	Expiry Date	Other Tips	Contact
Nestle
Pre Nan	Dec 2000		1-800-883433 from 8am to 6.30pm (Monday to Friday)
Nan 1, Nan 2, Nan HA	Dec 2000
Nan 2 Bifidus	Jun 2000
Neslac Bifidus	Jun 2000
KLIM Superkid	Dec 2001
Nespray Junior	Mar 2000
Nespray Growing-Up Milk	Mar 2000
Nespray Hi-Cal Non-Fat Milk Powder	Dec 2000
Milkmaid Full Cream Sweetened Condensed Milk (525g)	Dec 1999
Wyeth Nutritionals
S26	Dec 31, 2001	Check stickers against date of manufacture	Hotline: 03-582 3111 (Monday-Friday; 8.30am-5.15pm); Fax: 03-582 3133
SMA
Promil
Dumex (M) Sdn Bhd
Mamex Infant Formula	Sept 2001		Email: dumex.mydmx@eac.com.sg
Mamil Follow-Up Milk
Protimex Instant Milk Cereal	Dec 2000
Dutch Baby Milk Industries
Frisolac I Infant Formula		Check date of manufacture on the product	Hotline: 03-757 4867, 03-756 5064 (Monday to Friday; 8am to 7pm)
Frisolac II Follow-Up Formula
Frisovom Specialised Infant Milk

Company Claims These Are Safe : Some are opposed to above

Nestle Malaysia assures all consumers that the following products are manufactured in Malaysia with dairy ingredients sourced from Australia/New Zealand and are safe for consumption.

Milo,
Nespray Instant Full Cream Milk Powder,
Nespray Hi-Iron, Hi Calcium Milk Powder,
Nespray Biovita,
Everyday Regular Full Cream Milk Powder,
Everyday Instant Full Cream Milk Powder,
Everyday Filled Milk Powder,
Klim Instant Milk Powder,
Klim Regular Milk Powder,
Klim Hi-Calcium Non-Fat Milk Powder,
Neslac Honey Growing-Upmilk Powder,
Neslac Vanilla Growing-Up Milk Powder,
Nestle Low Fat Milk (Tetrapak),
Nestle Full Cream Milk (Tetrapak),
Nestle Infant Cereals,
Nestle Low Fat Yogurt,
Nestle Yogurt Drinks,
Nestle Chamyyto,
Nestle Chocolate Pudding,
Milo/Nestle Chocolate Flavoured Drink,
Nestle3++ Low Fat Milk,
Nestle Crunch,
Nestle Kitkat,
Nestle Smarties,
Nestle Classic,
Milkmaid Full Cream Sweetened Condensed Milk (397g),
Teapot Filled Sweetened Condensed Milk, Athlete Filled Sweetened Condensed Milk,

Products of Bristol Myers Squibb (Mead Johnson Nutritionals) deemed safe:

Enfalac,
Enfapro,
Enfagrow,
Olac,
Pregestimil,
Enfalac Premature,
Enfalac AR

Wyeth (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, in a statement, said Wyeth Nutritionals' products in Malaysia, including:

S-26,
SMA and
Promil

were manufactured before Jan 1, 1999 and are therefore safe for consumption. Wyeth's S-26, SMA and Promil were manufactured in Ireland, and Wyeth Nutritionals confirms that none of their products were affected following confirmation by their Irish suppliers of milk, the statement said.

For confirmation:
Toll-free-number :

a. 1-800-883-433 from 8am ~ 6:30pm for further info. regarding Nestle's product.

b. 1-800-883-585.

Health Ministry's hotline : 03-2555943, 2533462 or Fax 2537804 (8am~4pm)