White Rabbit Creamy Candy
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AVA tests imported candy for toxic chemical
SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) says it has taken samples of White Rabbit Creamy Candy for testing.
The move comes after the Philippines banned the candy and three other Chinese sweet brands after tests showed they contained formaldehyde.
Formaldehyde is a chemical compound commonly used in the production of polymers.
The Chinese maker has so far denied its sweets contain the toxic chemical.
In sweet is imported into Singapore by two companies. - CNA/yy -
eat more! die faster! good!
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now i know i wouldnt decompose tat fast...
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Channel NewsAsia - Saturday, July 21
And the Rabbit is White again
The taint of formaldehyde has been washed off White Rabbit Creamy Candy as tests done here revealed that those sold in Singapore are safe for consumption.
The tests were conducted by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) on Wednesday after four products were withdrawn by the Philippines' Food and Drug Agency for possible formaldehyde contamination. The products are White Rabbit Creamy Candy, Milk Candy, Balron Grape Biscuits and Yong Kang Foods Grape Biscuits.
Formaldehyde is a cancer-causing chemical that is not permitted for use as a food additive. It is also used in resin production and is well-known as a preservative and embalming fluid.
Of the products, only the White Rabbit Creamy Candy is imported into Singapore. However, AVA also conducted tests on Bairong Grape Biscuits as it sounds similar to Balron, which is banned in the Philippines.
AVA's tests indicate that there were minute amounts of formaldehyde in the samples of both products tested. However, it noted that formaldehyde occurs naturally at low levels in a wide range of foods.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has established a Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) of 0.15 mg per kg body weight for formaldehyde. Based on this, normal consumption of the White Rabbit Creamy Candy and Bairong Grape Biscuits that AVA tested would not pose a health risk, it added.
"The presence of the minute amounts of formaldehyde could be due to its natural occurrence in the ingredients used for making the products," said AVA in a statement on Friday. "There is no evidence to suggest that formaldehyde was added to the products as a preservative. "
Some 275,000 kg of White Rabbit Creamy Candy and 269,000 kg of Bairong Grape Biscuits were imported into Singapore last year.
For more information, call AVA's hotline at 1800-226 2250. -
Walao, White Rabbit Candy also want to sabo.
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china famous for producing poison stuff .. what worst is that baby milk powder also want to sabo .. kill the innocent baby .. so evil
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Eh, China is a very big country. This is called tarring the entire nation. You think America don't export anything that kill lots of people ah? Every country got import control what, if people in your country die because some unscrupulous distributor import some stuff from some shady manufacturer in China and your government officials corrupted and ok the transaction, is it White Rabbit Candy Company fault?
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they even use cardboards as fillings in buns..
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This shows that China has a lot of press freedom and that China is serious in rooting out anti-social enterprises.
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Today's newspapers report that AVA indicated that no such candies were imported here, then retracted their statement that there is.
When AVA isn't even sure what is imported here and what's not, who do you really trust? -
wah .. i didnt know that..
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wa! who sabo my childhood fav?
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tsk tsk.
China so jialat one man.. -
Latest report on Sat said the AVA has confirmed the candy is safe to eat.
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used to like it when i was a kid.
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when something like slim 10 could slip through till it killed someone and nearly snuffed out some small time actress as well, what do you expect ? .....Originally posted by ditzy:Today's newspapers report that AVA indicated that no such candies were imported here, then retracted their statement that there is. When AVA isn't even sure what is imported here and what's not, who do you really trust?