Update: Yes, Snickers, Too.
Sorry, Kit.
Sorry, Korea.
Sorry most of all to Korean Snickers, Jeff's all-time favorite treat.
An update to the earlier post.
Finally Jeff got worried and did some research. Sure enough, Jeff's digs around a few articles and finds out that even Korean-made Snickers are also considered unsafe. Damn.The last paragraph in a recent article about South Korea's Food and Drug Administration:
"Popular food products branded by multinational companies and imported to other Asian countries have also been found to contain melamine. Indonesian food regulators said they found melamine in Snickers candy bars and M&M’s, both of which are made by Mars, Inc. The KFDA (Korean Food & Drug Adminstration) said that most of the Mars products imported into South Korea are believed to have been made at the same plants in China."
And just in case family back home may worry, Jeff selfishly keeps his Snickers stash away from Ella.
In fact, Ella has only once sampled a Snickers bar (documented September 2007. Pic below).
Tonight, Jeff will finish the rest of his Snickers stash, before they have a chance to fall in the wrong hands.
p.s. If a few readers are wondering "What on earth is Jeff talking about...he eats Korean Snickers in Czech Republic??" Yes. They've always rocked, always will (even with this supposedly dangerous melen-blah-blah in them). The Snickers Taste Test of May 2007.
Thanks to Kit, our dear friend and fellow English teacher, she regularly keeps Jeff stocked.
Kit - as much as I hate to say it, please send no more. (for now...heehee)
1 comment:
It's a shame that your favorite treat has been taken away, at least for the time being. Melamine is being found in products all across the globe. It's scarier still to learn that food agencies consider a certain amount of melamine, a substance used in plastics, acceptable. I will ship more as soon as the go ahead comes...hang in there!
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