(09-23, 2008 19:05)
Authorities say the industrial chemical melamine has been found in a locally sold cake.The government said in a statement the substance was found in the Four Seas brand of strawberry flavored cake. Four Seas is a Hong Kong company.
Government tests also found melamine in Chinese-made White Rabbit candies. Singapore food regulators also detected the chemical in the same sweets.
Baby formula tainted with melamine has sickened nearly 53,000 Chinese infants and killed four.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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