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September 29, 2008 at 9:15 pm | In baby products, feeding, recall | 6 Comments

I have emailed to MOH with regards to their recent press release, as below.

I refer to your website and press release on Saturday, 27^th September 2008, with regards to milk and dairy products from China, in which one of the products shown was the popular baby biscuits’ Take Want Baby Bites (Carrot Flavour).

I would appreciate if you could clarify/ confirm the following:

1. Take One Baby Bites (Carrot Flavour) has been confirmed to contain melamine.

2. If Item 1 is confirmed, how come it is not on the list that has been attached on the website?

3. ONLY the CARROT FLAVOUR of the Take One Baby Bites is contaminated but NOT the ORIGINAL FLAVOUR and the CHICKEN & VEGETABLE FLAVOUR

4. If Item 1 (and Item 3) is confirmed to contain melamine, what will be the effects to babies/ toddlers in Brunei since it seems to be a favourite among Bruneian mothers? Should we be concern? How many packets does a baby need to go through for it to have an effect?

5. As your media release has shown that ONLY the CARROT FLAVOUR is affected, Sim Kim Huat was found to be still selling the other flavours on Sunday, 28^th September 2008 and they were adamant that these other flavours were not affected and can still be sold to the public. I’m afraid I find this ridiculous because regardless of MOH’s press release that ONLY the CARROT FLAVOUR was found to be contaminated with melamine based on the information given by INFOSAN, WHO, the other flavours are STILL MADE IN CHINA and they contain MILK. So, unless proven that they do not contain melamine by any laboratories, the products still fall under dairy products from China, which should not be sold to the public under the press release made by MOH on 20^th September 2008. Also, Singapore has still Take One’s Baby Bites (all flavours, including Original and Chicken & Vegetable) on their ‘To Be Taken Off The Shelf’ List.

I hope your good Ministry can respond to this email as soon as possible. For your information, this email is also being copied to Brunei’s Mothers’ Forum for their information.

Any mothers have found substitute for Baby Bites yet? I’ve tried Farleys and Milna but they are both ‘messy’ and I don’t think I can give that to AH during Hari Raya visits :S I’ve also triend Heinz teething rusk but they are horribly hard!

I’m thinking of preparing plain pasta and plain wholemeal toasts for AH to hold on when we are on our Hari Raya visits. What about you?

Baby Bites!

September 24, 2008 at 10:52 pm | In baby products, recall | 3 Comments

I have just received the shock of my life (drama queen but you’ll understand why soon).

In my previous post, I mentioned about formula from China being recalled in fear that they are contaminated with melamine.

About 30 minutes ago, the hubby was getting some snacks and realised that Baby Bites are Made in China!!!! I freaked and had a look at the box and indeed, it is Made in China and it has milk as one of its ingredients!!! *FAINTS*

Hubby said not to panic and to go google it up. Below are what I found

Brunei Authorities saying that shops should take off any China-made milk and dairy products immediately.

List of products being taken off the shelves in Singapore

List of products sold in Singapore detected to contain Melamine

FAQs regarding Melamine contaminated products by AVA SIngapore

If you’re not sure how Take Want Baby Bites look like.

pic from here

What upsets me is that I didn’t bother to check where AH’s biscuits were made from because I simply listened to people when they told me that we hardly import food products from China I am also upset because the notice from MoH came out on Sunday’s Papers and I bought 2 packets of Baby Bites from Uta** Gra** on Sunday Afternoon.

Yes, Baby Bites have not been tested positive for Melamine but it contains milk and it is Made in China. It has been taken off the shelves in Singapore and I gave AH Baby Bites during sungkai today. Sigh. I suppose it is better to be safe than sorry and just not eat it until it is confirmed that they do not contain Melamine.

I hope the local authorities do ensure the said products are not being sold for the time being and if possible, get the local labs to test, independent of the other countries’ tests.