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Food Alert: for Information
Ref: 58/2008
Lucky Dip (Nottingham) Ltd has withdrawn certain batches of their own brand Christmas and Halloween Chocolate Pop products, which have been tested in the UK and found to be contaminated with melamine.
The affected products were manufactured in Zhongshan, China, by Le Bang Chocolate Food Company, imported into the UK by Lucky Dip (Nottingham) Ltd and sold to a number of retail outlets in the UK. On 15 October 2008 the European Commission adopted Decision (2008/798/EC) requiring that any products originating in or consigned from China containing milk or milk products as an ingredient should be subject to documentary, identity and physical checks, including laboratory analysis, to determine that any levels of melamine present in the product do not exceed 2.5 mg/kg. Those products with more than 2.5mg/kg will be destroyed. The levels of melamine detected in Lucky Dip (Nottingham) Ltd products were 28.9mg/kg and 46.2mg/kg respectively.
The Agency’s risk assessment, based on the European Food Safety Authority statement, is that these specific products are unlikely to be a risk to health.
Lucky Dip (Nottingham) Ltd has removed the affected products from sale and has issued point-of-sale notices to advise consumers of the reason for the withdrawal and the actions they should take if they have already purchased the affected product.
The products withdrawn are:
A copy of the point-of-sale notice issued by Lucky Dip (Nottingham) Ltd is attached at the link below.
No other Lucky Dip (Nottingham) Ltd products are known to be affected.
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