Denmark to ban Kellogg´s cereals...added vitamins harmful

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I don't buy Kellogs as I feel sick after - is there something else in there

we should know of. Tastes metallic. I have had to throw the uneaten packet

contents away as inedible. I wondered if I imagined it, but poss not? Not

noticed it in other cereals, and I like to try all sorts. Nicky

 

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" Denmark to ban Kellogg´s cereals " ...

 

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Health authorities in Denmark ban some Kellogg products

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish health officials said Wednesday they have

banned several vitamin-enriched products of U.S. breakfast-cereal-maker

Kellogg, saying they could be harmful if eaten regularly.

 

The 18 products, which include enriched versions of popular brands already

on the Danish market like Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies and Special K, were to

be launched in Denmark soon.

 

" We´ve turned down applications for a number of enriched products which will

have toxic effects in the doses Kellogg uses, " said Paolo Drotsby of the

Danish Veterinary and Food Administration.

 

 

Drotsby said that if eaten regularly, the products could damage children´s

livers and kidneys, as well as the fetuses of pregnant women.

 

Kellogg said it was puzzled by the rejection, as many of the products are

being sold already in several other European countries.

 

" We´re extremely concerned and mystified, as we never have had such problems

with health authorities before in Kellogg´s history, " said John Buckles,

managing director for Kellogg in the Nordic region.

 

The 18 products include 12 types of cereal brands and six types of snack or

breakfast bars. Buckles said the European enrichment recipes were slightly

different from the ones used in the United States, although Battle-Creek

based Kellogg´s products are fortified there as well and have been since the

1930s.

 

" Our next step is to work with Danish authorities and see if we can come up

with a solution. The important thing here is for us to work in concert, "

Buckles said.

 

Chris Wermann, a spokesman for Kellogg Europe, added, " We will have further

discussions with Danish authorities about the importance of vitamins in

cereals. "

 

Meanwhile, Drotsby said Kellogg could apply again if the company removes or

reduces the doses of the vitamins and minerals in question