A chemical blamed for sickening infants in China has been found in candy on American shelves.
Connecticut consumer protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said Wednesday that tests on White Rabbit Creamy Candy found melamine.
The candy has been found in stores in Connecticut. It was imported from China and sold primarily at Asian markets.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended last week that consumers not eat White Rabbit candy and that retailers remove it. Queensway Foods Company Inc. of California distributed the candy and says it is recalling it.
Melamine is used in plastics manufacturing and has been associated with contaminated infant formula and other Chinese products containing milk protein.
中國被指致嬰兒生病的化學物質在美國貨架上在售的糖果中發現。
康州消費者保護委員Jerry Farrell Jr. 周三說,大白兔奶糖測試發現三聚氰胺。
糖果出現在康州的店里。這是從中國進口的,并主要在亞洲市場銷售。
美國食品與藥物管理局上周建議消費者不要食用大白兔糖并建議零售商撤售。加州Queensway食品有限公司銷售這種糖并稱在召回這種糖果。
三聚氰胺用一塑料制造中,并與污染嬰兒奶粉和其它中國奶制品產品有關。