Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008
RIYADH (AFP)--Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle in the kingdom, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority said on Tuesday.
Melamine traces were found in tins of Nesvita Pro-Bones milk powder from five different production dates in 2007 and 2008, the SFDA said on its Web site.
It said the tainted powder was discovered in a random survey of 52 samples of imported products containing milk powder.
"The SFDA found five samples from all the samples tested ... tainted with melamine," it said.
Melamine was also found in samples of the Malaysia-manufactured Apollo Chocolate Wafer Cream snack bars, the agency added.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
03-12-08 0852GMT
