HEALTH ALERT: Formaldehyde in Chinese Food Products

(these are not the actual products listed below)

The products included which have been found out to contain formaldehyde by the Philippine Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) are:

* Fat and Thin Lo Han Kou Pei Pa Koa candy (importer Hua San Wan Foodmart Inc., Supervalue Inc., SM City Cagayan);

* Sau Tab Noodle King Dried Mix, Soya Bean Paste (Sun Shun Fuk Foods Co., Ltd., importer Jeegs Ace Teamwork Inc., Metro Ayala Center Supermarket);

* Taro Milk (Nature & Nutrition & Healthy Delicious and Incomparable!) (Huajia Foods Co. Ltd., Jinjiang City, imported by Metro Legaspi Supermarket);

* Natural is Best 200 (importer Supervalue Inc., SM City Cagayan);

* Wang Fu Yuan The Best For You 120 (Hong Kong Liangshi Food Co. Ltd., Wanfu Food Factory; importer Unite General Merchandise);

* Golden Monkey Milk Candy (Shanghai Golden Monkey Food Co. Ltd., importer Unity General Merchandise);

* Xinlong Nougat Candy (Xinlong Food Co. Ltd., Zhongshan City, importer Unity General Merchandise);

* Aoxiang (importer Coen General Merchandise);

* Sheng Long Marshmallow/Bunny Marshmallow (Zhongshan Kunbo Foodstuff Import & Export Corp., importer Coen General Merchandise);

* Maleng pork luncheon meat (Chongqing Winsun Foodstuff Co. Ltd., importer JRY Mart); and

* Nicefoods Sweet Orange C% (importer Camellia Food Manufacturing).

Distributors of the said Chinese food products which are being imported to the Philippines received an order to immediately recall the products from the market.

-source GMANewsTV

I'm not as fond of Chinese products as I am fond of most Chinese dishes, but for those who like luncheon meats and all those stuff mentioned above, you better beware. ;)