By Jay Dooma Balnig and Erwin Cabarles
Delia Tarroza of Bfad Western Visayas said their office received no complaints yet involving effects of melamine poisoning.
Aside from milk, the food agency also pulled out China candies, biscuits among other products produced in the said country.
Bfad in coordination with various city and provincial health officials and sanitary inspectors conducted inspections in different supermarkets and malls in the city.
City Health Officer Urminico Baronda said they are already done in checking major malls and groceries for China food products and are now focusing on the middle and small-sized stores.
He added they are constantly monitoring city hospitals on cases on Melamine-related illness.
Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado, provincial health officer, said they are also monitoring the province of similar case but has not recorded any as of this posting.
She said the province received reports that several vendors who used to sell China milk products refrained from selling the same following reports of illness caused by the said products.
Meanwhile, Mayor Jerry Treñas said it is important that all food products from China even candies are checked by the health officials to avoid further incidents.
Chinese candies according to Treñas are also amongst the most saleable products in the local business scene because of its affordability among other imported products.
Treñas said the inspection has solicited no resistance from the business establishments which sell China-made milk products.
He added that aside from inspecting business establishments, the city will also visit repacking areas to make sure that no lapses are made.
China-based milk products manufactured by Sanlu Group Company, Mengniu Dairy Group Company and Yili Industrial Group Company were found to be positive of melamine, a substance that causes kidney stones.
Over 50,000 Chinese children got sick due to the melamine-contaminated milk and four infants already died for the same reason.
Three more children outside of mainland China have also grown kidney stones after drinking Chinese-made milk products.
With that, similar bans are also imposed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam.<>(EC and JDB)
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