Packaged cheese powder made with ingredients contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine might have been consumed by diners at the Pizza Hut chain, store officials said yesterday, adding that it had stopped supplying the product.
Felisa Wu (吳玉屏), who is in charge of the chain’s sales and marketing department, said the results of an examination released the previous evening show that melamine levels of 76.2 parts per million (ppm) were found in packaged powder cheese.
“We ordered 400kg of cheese powder on Aug. 22. Apart from a stock of 270kg, about 130kg of the tainted cheese powder, or 65,000 2g packets, might have already been served to consumers,” Wu said at a press conference, urging people who still have the cheese powder not to consume it.
She said the packaged cheese powder had only been used for delivered and take away pizzas and that the cheese powder served inside the stores is imported from New Zealand, the US and Germany, and “is safe to eat.”
Consumers with questions can call 0800-231-927, Wu said.
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