Contaminated Eggs....

According to reports in the Guyana Times Newspaper "Guyanese consumers need not worry that the eggs purchased locally are tainted by melamine, since only a tiny portion of the eggs consumed are imported and Guyana does not import eggs from China." What a relief.... Oh my, did they say "ARE TAINTED". Yeah they did.

This assurance is coming from the Ministries of Health and Commerce in light of the recent discovery by Hong Kong food inspectors that eggs imported from northeast China are contaminated with high levels of melamine, the toxic industrial additive at the centre of the milk scandal in China. The discovery of contaminated eggs in Hong Kong was announced Saturday by the Center for Food Safety, a Hong Kong government agency, which said the eggs had been imported from a farm in the city of Dalian, in north- eastern China. The centre reported that the melamine level was almost double the legal limit for food sold in Hong Kong, according to a report in the New York Times. Oh Great .......

However, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Health Minister, told Guyana Times that “ our eggs are safe and customers should not be alarmed by reports of tainted eggs in China.” He noted that Guyana is self- sufficient in terms of table eggs, but eggs are imported from the United States for the hatching of chicks.

Nevertheless, the ministry would also be monitoring the market to ensure that the highest standards are maintained. “ We will keep an eye out and monitor the situation to ensure it remains safe,” Minister Prashad said. The two major importers of hatching eggs in Guyana are Edens Hatchery and Bounty Farms. Mind you "I had me some Eden Eggs this morning."

According to the New York Times, the findings, reported over the weekend, have raised new concerns that a far wider array of China- produced foods than previously believed could be contaminated with melamine, which has already sickened more than 50,000 children in China and led to at least four deaths.

NOTICE:
Some of the contaminated milk products were found on the local market, but have since been recalled and customers are being urged to read all labels thoroughly before consumption. Among the product lines tainted are White Rabbit, Mr Brown, Milky Evaporated Milk, Country Maid Evaporated Milk and Polly Milk.