The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been releasing health advisories about foods in the U.S. that were found to be contaminated with melamine, a chemical that has been found in milk and foods/drinks made with milk ingredients from China. Melamine-contaminat ed food can cause kidney stones, kidney failure, and death. The contaminated products found in the U.S., to date, are listed below. We are repeating this information for the Asian-American community, to continue to urge Asian-market retailers (and others) to remove these products from their shelves and to throw them away. If consumers already have these products in their homes, they should throw the products away. A link to the FDA web site also is listed below. If additional foods that contain melamine-contaminat ed dairy ingredients from China are found in the U.S., they will be listed at this site. Readers should check the site often. The melamine contamination was first discovered in China, in infant formula manufactured in China. Since then, other products made with milk ingredients from China have been found to be contaminated with melamine. Such products found in the U.S. are listed below. (Although Chinese infant formula is not allowed in the U.S., and the FDA has not found any in visits to more than 1,800 U.S. stores, consumers should not use any that has been brought into the U.S., and it should not be ordered by internet or mail.) Foods / and drinks in the U.S. found to contain melamine, to date, are as follows. More information about these products can be found at this link: http://www.fda. gov/opacom/ 7alerts.html • Blue Cat Flavor Drinks • Mr. Brown Mandheling Blend Instant Coffee (3-in-1) • Mr. Brown Arabica Instant Coffee (3-in-1) • Mr. Brown Blue Mountain Blend Instant Coffee (3-in-1) • Mr. Brown Caramel Macchiato Instant Coffee (3-in-1) • Mr. Brown French Vanilla Instant Coffee (3-in-1) • Mr. Brown Mandhling Blend instant Coffee (2-in-1) • Mr. Brown Milk Tea (3-in-1) • In addition, Creamy White Rabbit Candies have been reported by the California Department of Public Health and others to be contaminated with melamine. To see if other foods contaminated with melamine are being found in the U.S., check the following web site often: http://www.fda. gov/oc/opacom/ hottopics/ melamine. html   more »