Eclairs pulled from Australian stores

AAP - Cadbury has recalled a line of its chocolates from Australian supermarket shelves in the latest fallout from China's toxic milk scandal.

Retailers nationwide were told late on Monday to pull bags of Cadbury Eclairs from
their shelves as the company moved to halt the sale of its only China-made product
imported into Australia.
It is not yet known whether the product contains the melamine-laced milk which has
killed four babies and sickened another 54,000 in China, but a Cadbury spokesman
said the withdrawal was a precautionary step.
"It's a completely voluntary action that we are taking in the interests of consumer
health," Cadbury spokesman Daniel Ellis said on Monday night.
"It is because it was made in China and we're taking every precaution, but we are
also undertaking testing as well.
"We just don't want to take any chances."
Retailers were notified about 4pm (AEST) on Monday to withdraw from sale all 180g
Cadbury Eclairs candy bags.
Mr Ellis said the decision did not affect Cadbury's Pascal Eclairs, which were made
in Australia.
"The withdrawal doesn't affect any other Cadbury product and we don't use Chinese
dairy products in any other product that is available in Australia.
"It is just this one."
Mr Ellis said anyone seeking further information should call Cadbury Consumer
Services on 1800 250 260.
The withdrawal in Australia is part of a broader move in the Asia Pacific region,
where 14 Chinese-made Cadbury lines including the Eclairs were withdrawn from sale
on Monday.
The chocolates also were sold in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
They are the latest in a ever-growing list of Chinese-made foods and drinks that
have been removed from stores here and across the world since the toxic milk scandal
broke earlier this month.
Some milk producers in China had been using melamine, which is usually used in
making plastics, to make watered-down milk appear full of protein.