Addressing Concerns About Milk Products

Important notice to parents of all JK/SK/Grades 1&2 students

Due to the recent fears about Melamine in milk products coming from China, on Wed Sept 17 Red Spot Café changed to the well-known foreign brand Nestle “Dairy Farm” milk/yogurt products. We took this action even though the milk/yogurt we had been using was not of the affected “Yi Li”, “Mengniu” or “Guangming” brands. However, as you may be aware from reports on the weekend, supplies in Singapore of foreign brand “Dutch Lady” milk (using milk from mainland China) have also been found to contain Melamine. Although there is no connection between “Dairy Farm” and “Dutch Lady”, we can no longer assume that just because milk distributed in Asia is sold under a foreign brand name, it is safe to drink.

We have thus decided to take the following step : Until further notice, Red Spot Café will not be distributing any milk or yogurt products to TIS students.
• If you ordered milk/yogurt for Sept 22-25, we will replace it with a Vita fruit juice drink or Yakult.
• If you ordered milk/yogurt for October, you can switch to another drink (Vita fruit juice drink or Yakult) or get a refund for the milk products. Please contact Red Spot Café to let us know what replacement drink you would like for your child.

We apologize for any inconvenience. Our intention is simply to take precautionary measures to safeguard the well-being of the children. We hope to be able to offer milk/yogurt products again, once it has been proven safe to do so.

Nina & Gary Lichtenstein, Red Spot Café

Note: TIS has not participated in the DSEJ milk program for the past two years.


致国际学校JK/SK以及1&2年级学生家长的重要申明

由于内地奶制品含有三聚氰胺曝光问题，在9月17日，星期三，红点餐厅改用了国际知名品牌雀巢的牛奶/酸奶制品，虽然我们一直没有使用受影响的“伊利”和“蒙牛”。

然而，您可能从上周末的报道中得知，新加坡知名牛奶品牌“荷兰夫人”（使用来自中国的牛奶）被查出含有三聚氰胺。

虽然雀巢和荷兰夫人之间没有联系，但是新加坡事件之后，我们不能认为在亚洲销售的外国牛奶品牌就绝对安全。

我们作出以下决定：

在另行通知之前，红点餐厅将不再向TIS学生提供任何牛奶或酸奶制品。

·如果您定购了9月22—25日的牛奶/酸奶，我们将换为维他果汁或益力多。
·如果您已经订购了10月牛奶/酸奶,您可以转为其他饮品（维他果汁或益力多）或者退订。请联系红点餐厅，告知我们您为您的孩子选择的饮品。

很抱歉给您带来不便，我们的一举一动只是出于对您孩子的健康的保证。一旦牛奶/酸奶制品被证明可以安全饮用，我们将再次提供牛奶/酸奶制品。
Nina & Gary Lichtenstein, Red Spot Café