Body Paint added to list with Teas and Cakes. Australian Melamine Recall List

Body Paint Joins Tea, Cake on Australian Melamine Recall List

Sexy body paint set banned , found to contain melamine

By Robert Fenner

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Boxer Lovers Body Pen Set, described by its maker as the sensual way to indulge a sweet tooth, joined Orion cakes and Kirin tea on the list of products recalled in Australia because of contamination with the chemical melamine.

“Consumers who may have bought this product are advised not to consume this body paint, which should be disposed of safely,” Australia’s food safety regulator said in a statement.

Milk tainted with melamine, which is used to make plastics and tan leather, has been blamed for the deaths of four babies in China and the sickening of 53,000. China’s Sanlu Group Co. and 21 companies were found to sell contaminated dairy goods, leading to recalls or restrictions on products made with Chinese milk in more than two dozen countries from Japan to France.

The Australian importer of Boxer Lovers voluntarily recalled the chocolate-flavored body paint, the seventh product withdrawn from the market, following advice from Canadian and U.K. authorities, Food Standards Australia said.