After milk, melamine eggs haunt Chinese

Beijing, Oct 29 (PTI) After toxic melamine in milk
powder now it is the turn of eggs with the poisonous
substance, forcing supermarkets in China to recall a
particular brand as "unsafe to eat."

An eastern Chinese city is recalling a brand of eggs
after it was found to be contaminated with melamine, the same
chemical blamed for sickening thousands of babies across the
country in a milk powder scandal that killed four infants.

The bureau of quality and technical supervision of
Hangzhou, capital of eastern Chinese province Zhejiang, said
Wednesday that eggs with the Ciyunxiang brand were "unsafe to
eat."

It is issuing a recall of all Ciyunxiang eggs in the
city, though a countrywide recall has not been announced. The
number of eggs within the contaminated batch is unknown.

Phone calls to the company, named Green Living Beings
Development Centre in Shanxi Province, were not answered, the
official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

The Hangzhou bureau has tested 27 brands of eggs,
being sold by various companies, in the city. The batch of
Ciyunxiang eggs contained 3.5 mg of melamine in every kg.

Eggs from the other brands were deemed safe. Green
Living Beings Development Centre's other products on the
market, including duck and quail eggs were melamine free, the
bureau informed.

There have been no reports that anyone in Hangzhou has
been sickened by eating the contaminated eggs. People urged
the city's bureau of quality and technical supervision to
conduct its own tests of all eggs after local media reports.

It was reported that eggs produced by Hanovo Foods Co.
Ltd. in Dalian, Liaoning Province, were found by Hong Kong
authorities to contain melamine, an official of the Hangzhou
bureau said. PTI SAZ
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