Indonesian food agency confirms melamine contamination
"We have found that chocolate candies with the brand Yake Assorted Candies contain 5.86 ppm of melamine," agency head Husniah Rubiana Thamrin said during a press briefing at the ministry of communication and information in the country's capital, Jakarta.
The confirmation follows a report from the Indonesian Consumer Group (YLKI) that last week issued a list of ten products that allegedly contained melamine. Most of the products were children's snacks.
Since the problem of milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine – added to boost the apparent protein content - came to light last year in China, incidents of melamine-containing foods have swept the globe. Major manufacturers using milk powder, including Cadbury and Unilever, have withdrawn some products from sale.
