20 Jul 2007 12:03:00 am

i swear i ate abt 30 of these in one day, until joanne ting and hx banned me.
AHHHHHHH.
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AVA tests for safety of Rabbit Sweets from China


The milky candy with its characteristic white wrapper and translucent edible rice-paper is being tested by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) for formaldehyde. -- ST PHOTO: ALAN LIM

WHITE Rabbit Creamy Candy - a name instantly recognisable to most adults and children - has come under scrutiny.
The milky candy with its characteristic white wrapper and translucent edible rice-paper is being tested by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) for a chemical it should not contain - Formaldehyde.

This preservative is commonly used to embalm the dead.

The tests follow reports of the presence of this banned substance by the Philippine authorities, which has asked shops to take the product off their shelves within a month.

Importer Hock Lam, which has been bringing the sweet in from Shanghai for 50 years, said AVA officials had dropped by on Wednesday to take several packets for 'testing purposes'.

AVA confirmed this.

AVA said it will only send out alerts when they are certain this is not a false alarm. It says testing is being carried out in its laboratories now for possible contamination.

White Rabbit's manufacturer, Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Group, has refuted all allegations by the Philippine government.

It said it has run its own tests for the chemical, but found no traces of formaldehyde. It has asked Manila for the relevant test results and samples.