Friesland Foods Withdraws Chinese Milk

In Hong Kong tests have indicated that there is no contamination with melamine. Nevertheless, it has been decided to withdraw these products from the market and inform consumers not to consume these products.

23/09/08 Dutch dairy company Friesland Foods has said that it is recalling all of its plastic-bottled milk in Hong Kong and Macau after one of its Chinese-made products was contaminated with melamine. The products were sold under the brandname Dutch Lady. The products are produced in China by Tianjin Dutch Lady Dairy Foods Co. Friesland Foods has a 5 percent interest in this company. Meanwhile the sourcing of the products has been stopped.

It only concerns a limited part of the complete selection. All other Dutch Lady products are not produced in China but for example in Malaysia, Vietnam or The Netherlands. Friesland Foods does not source any raw materials from China.

In Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau it concerns Dutch Lady sterilized milk in different flavors in plastic bottles of 1 litre and 250 ml.

In Singapore the authorities have declared that they have only found a too high value of melamine in the strawberry flavor of the in China produced Dutch Lady sterilized milk.

In Hong Kong tests have indicated that there is no contamination with melamine. Nevertheless, it has been decided to withdraw these products from the market and inform consumers not to consume these products.

Currently Friesland Foods is also examining these products for melamine.