Another Chinese brand milk tests positive for melamine

(Updated 1:18 p.m.) MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health on Wednesday said another Chinese milk brand had tested positive for melamine content. In a news conference, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said traces of melamine were found in Jolly Cow Slender High-Calcium Low-Fat Milk (“More Calcium and Vitamin D, 1 liter" variant) a product imported from China. Duque clarified that the mentioned brand is different from the Jolly Cow Pure Fresh Milk variant, which was tested negative Friday last week. Meanwhile, 21 other milk and chocolate products - including those from industry giant Nestlé Philippines – were found negative for melamine content. Among many others, the melamine-free brands include: * Anmum Maternal Milk Chocolate Powder * Bear Brand Chocolate Powder * Bear Brand Sterilized Milk * Cadbury Choclairs * Carnation Calcum Plus Non-fat Milk Poweder * Klim Instant Full Cream Milk Powder * Milo Chocolate Bar * Mon-milk Breakfast Milk Beverage * Monmilk Hi-calcuim Low-fat Milk * Monmilk Milk Deluxe Pure Milk * Nestlé Chocolate Flavored Ice Cream * Nestlé Dairy Farm Pure Milk * Nestlé Fresh Mlk * Nestlé Kit Kat * Nestlé Milk Chocolate * Nestlé Pops Ice Cream * Nestlé Vanilla Flavored Ice Cream * Nestagen * Nesvita Cereal Mik Drink * Nutriexpress Milk Green Apple flavor * Fine Roast Instant Nutritious Cereal Last week, Greenfood Yili Fresh Milk and Mengniu Drink, which have labels written in Chinese character, were found to contain traces of the toxic industrial chemical. To date, the DOH has so far examined 52 brands of milk and milk products. Three of which were tested positive. Duque added that that because the Chinese Embassy has released its list of melamine-tainted milk and dairy products, the DOH will only have to examine at least 100 more. During the media briefing, Duque reiterated that commercial establishment and distributors found selling the melamine-positive milk brands will be ordered closed. "Ang effectivity ng ban natin was September 23rd. So, the distributors and the shops (that) will continue to sell these products, they will be (meted) with the full force of the law," Duque said. "The directive for us, if there is sufficient evidence for the immediate closure of these supermarkets or the stores that continue to fight the ban order, then we will implement the Presidential directive," he added. Duque added that the DOH will try to come up with next batch of test results on milk and dairy products Friday this week and to wrap up its examinations early next week. - GMANews.TV