Customers, apprehensive after the lid was blown of the melamine-tainted milk scandal in China, prefer fresh milk at a shop in Hanoi.

The Health Ministry’s Food Administration Thursday officially announced 18 products contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical.

An inspection revealed five cookies brands imported from Malaysia and Indonesia had high contents of the substance.

Health Ministry’s Chief Inspector Tran Quang Trung said they had requested Hanoimilk to destroy 180 tons of melamine-contaminated milk and recall 95 tons of powdered milk already distributed to A Chau Company in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Food Administration also revoked the cooking product certification of a non-dairy creamer branded by A Chau Company.

Anco Company Thursday said the company had stopped selling sterilized milk and had issued a recall of the product, which was found to be contaminated with melamine.

The company also made an apology, adding that it is committed to compensating any damages to customers.

Reported by Thanh Nien staff