Unsafe Levels of Arsenic in Rice Milk

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

For anyone using Rice Milk, I found this at Sky News. I can't get the

link to work, but if you put this into the address bar, you should get

there. Sorry for being a dunce, but I'm not very good with things like

that!!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91251-1309089,00.html

Regards

Glynis

[Guest guest]

Hi, interested to know where you get your Tiger White from as i

understood the manufacturer went out of business for the UK

distribution.

please let me know. Tiger white is great stuff!

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> Hi all,

>

> I have been concerned about this for a while, having read reports

about it

> last summer. I wrote to Hain Celestial UK Ltd, who manufacture Rice

Dream, in

> August, and finally got this reply in October last year:

>

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> Re: Arsenic Levels in Rice Dream

> Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding our Rice Dream

products and for

> your patience in awaiting our response.

>

> Following the newspaper report from Prof Meharg in The

Daily

> Telegraph on 30 August 2007, we have had a number of enquiries

concerning arsenic

> levels in rice.

>

> The rice is European in origin and is purchased through approved

suppliers.

>

>

> We have contacted our rice supplier who have informed us that they

do

> regularly screen for trace elements including arsenic. As a

result of this

> article we have tested our product and can assure you that there

is no risk to

> health. Tests have shown that our rice raw material and finished

product meet

> the standards set by The Arsenic in Food Regulations 1959.

>

> Hain Celestial receives regular updates from governmental bodies

and food

> research associations on food health related issues. We take every

precaution

> to ensure that all of our food products meet the highest standards

of food

> safety and quality.

> As food manufacturers we are unable to offer medical advice

concerning your

> son’s condition. However, the newspaper article highlights that

trace

> elements of arsenic can be found from time to time within rice.

Therefore, the risk

> needs to be assessed by a medical practitioner.

> We thank you again for taking the time to contact us and please do

not

> hesitate to get back in touch should you have any further

enquires.

> Kind regards

>

> Bridger

> Consumer Contact Coordinator

> Hain Celestial UK Limited

> ( 0800 626 697

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> _http://www.hain-celestial.co.uk_ (http://www.hain-

celestial.co.uk/)

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>

> I wasn't very reassured by this, as it just seemed to suggest that

the

> " Arsenic in Food Regulations 1959 " might not be particularly

stringent. I am

> still using rice milk, although when I can get it I also use Tiger

White which is

> made from a sort of chestnut called chufa.(used in Spain a lot),

but I

> haven't been able to get any sort of information about Arsenic

levels in that.

>

> G

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