Contaminated Dumex Baby Milk Thailand.

[stoneyboy]

I appreciate that this topic runs in the news section,but thought as it has affected me personally I would like to share some further information regarding the subject.

While the risk is relatively low by all means it's still worrying especially if like me you have a 6 week old daughter gulping this stuff down.

Below is a link to all the products affected here in Thailand,the milk we have is ok according to the advice only made one month earlier but it doesn't fill me with confidence.

http://www.dumex.co.th/PublishingImages/Home/Fonterra_Contamination_Issue_Recall_Statement_EN_Final.pdf

Cheers

Stoneyboy.

[eezergood]

Remember also guys, maybe for yourselves or older kids - This COULD potentially effect:

• Ice cream, as most ice cream is made from powdered milk
• Butter, this again comes from milk guys
• Cheese(s)
• Chocolate - although the risk is very small
• IMported bakery goods, pies etc... lots of milk powder in pastry!

Not scare mongering, only "food" for thought!

[falang07]

The answer is to buy only fresh food, not these powders that no one really knows what they might contain.

[Puyai]

The link is not working.

[stoneyboy]

The link is not working.

Ok although it works for m

Find below pictures of PDF link.

[stoneyboy]

The answer is to buy only fresh food, not these powders that no one really knows what they might contain.

Yes Thailand is world renowned for its pesticide and contamination free products isn't it now.

And newborn children don't eat food incidentally.

[xylophone]

Remember also guys, maybe for yourselves or older kids - This COULD potentially effect:

• Ice cream, as most ice cream is made from powdered milk
• Butter, this again comes from milk guys
• Cheese(s)
• Chocolate - although the risk is very small
• IMported bakery goods, pies etc... lots of milk powder in pastry!

Not scare mongering, only "food" for thought!

What products are safe?

* All infant formula products EXCEPT Karicare Stage 1 and Karicare Stage 2 and Dumex/Dupro (overseas).

* Fresh dairy products such as milk, cheese and yoghurt.

* Frozen products such as ice cream.

* Milk powder.

Important to get this into perspective and remember that even if the potentially contaminated whey powder did find its way into other products, then the process that they undergo (cooking, baking, heating etc) would kill the bacteria.

And this from the company itself: "Fonterra stated that some of the whey protein they used in their infant formula might be contaminated with a botulism causing bacterium caused by a dirty pipe at the company's Hautapu plant.

There have not been any confirmed reports of illness from the infant formula.

The terms ‘minute’ and ‘one in millions’ were used to describe the level of risk to consumers”.

[kwonitoy]

Thanks for the link Stoneyboy,

I was wondering also which products were potentialy contaminated.

Fortunaltly I use a different brand.

[xylophone]

The answer is to buy only fresh food, not these powders that no one really knows what they might contain.

Yes Thailand is world renowned for its pesticide and contamination free products isn't it now.

And newborn children don't eat food incidentally.

This from the CEO of Fonterra on 28/08/2013:

"Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings defended the company's multimillion-dollar recall of dairy product thought to contain a botulism-causing bacteria, despite it proving to be a false alarm.

The Ministry for Primary Industries said it had received results confirming that the bacteria found in the whey protein concentrate (WPC) manufactured by Fonterra was not the botulism-causing clostridium botulinum.

As it turned out, the organism was confirmed as clostridium sporogenes, which is not capable of producing botulism causing toxins, the ministry said.

Spierings said the cooperative had done the right thing and with the recall and that it would do the same again, if confronted by similar circumstances".

So no problems with girlfriends or babies consuming Fonterra products.