Warning over AJ's potato chips

The public is being urged to avoid consuming cheese- and onion-flavour potato chips produced by AJ's and suspected of being tainted with the toxic chemical melamine.

The warning follows a large-scale contamination of Chinese milk and milk-based products, which emerged after 53,000 children who consumed contaminated milk powder in China fell ill.

As a result, the European Commission imposed a ban on imports of Chinese baby food that contained traces of milk and raised the alert to any imports which were milk-based.

Melamine is an industrial chemical used to make plastic.

For further information phone the department either on 2133 2225 or on 2132 4093 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.