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Customers drop Nestle
17/6/2005 10:31

Shanghai Daily news

Customers expressed concern over Nestle Co products after one of its baby milk powder formulas was found to contain higher levels of iodine than permissible in Shanghai and other provinces.
The shanghai Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that Nestle China has recalled its NESLAC Gold 3+ Growing Up Milk due to the excess iodine. The product was removed from supermarkets and sales channels by Tuesday.
Officials estimated that about 100 cases of the product were recalled.
Huang huangying, a retiree, said feeding his grandson Nestle milk powder is not worth the risk. "My grandson ate another type of Nestle milk powder and we changed it for a different brand soon after hearing the news," he  said. "We don't want to take any risks. We also stopped buying other Nestle products."
Employees at Nestle China's consumer hot line said customers can contact the company for refunds, even if the product has been partially consumed.
On may 25, the Zhejiang Province Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau said a check found NESLAC Gold 3+ Growing Up Milk, produced by Nestle in Heilongjiang Province, had higher levels of iodine than the national standard.
Shanghai authorities spot checked four samples of Nestle milk powder products in supermarkets on May 27.
"We selected NESLAC Gold 3+ Growing Up Milk from the same producer in Heilongjiang," said Xie Minqiang, vice director of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.
"It failed the examination on iodine content. We immediately requested supermarkets to stop selling the products and asked Nestle China to recall all the relative milk powder on June 10."
Under the national standard, iodine content should be less than 150 micrograms for every 100 grams of milk powder. However, the affected product had more than 40 micrograms above the limit.
Officials said the company claimed the problem was due to the variation of iodine in the raw milk supply in both the Shanghai and Zhejiang cases.
Though sfda officials said there is no significant risk, they insist the product should be removed from stores.