British-based confectionery company Cadbury on Monday recalled 11 of its chocolate products in Hong Kong shelves as a precautionary step amid mounting fears over Chinese contaminated milk.

The Asia-Pacific regional management of Cadbury said the products include Cadbury Eclairs, dark and milk chocolate, hazelnut and praline chocolate, dark Chocettes, and products made for the Chinese New Year in February

Officials from the Japanese government and a local food manufacturer confirmed Friday that the toxic chemical melamine was detected in some sweet buns imported from China by the firm.

The "Cream Panda," "Matcha Azuki Milk Man" and "Gratin Crepe Corn" sold locally by Marudai Food Co. were the first food products in Japan found tainted with melamine after the chemical was detected in Chinese milk blamed for killing four infants and sickening thousands others in that country

A father from Nebraska left his nine children at a hospital in Omaha on Wednesday so the state could take care of them under its new "safe haven" law. Two boys were also abandoned for the same reason at another Omaha hospital.

The father dropped off his six sons and three daughters aged one to 17 at the Creighton University Medical Center. Their names, including the father's, were not released

The World Health Organization has warned against the illegal entry of Chinese milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine that has killed four infants and sickened over 54,000 children in China.

Anthony Hazzard, regional adviser in Food Safety of WHO, said the United Nations health watchdog has already advised the 167 member-countries of the International Food Safety Authority Network to be on guard for the possible entry of 22 Chinese milk products found to be contaminated with melamine

Introducing fish in the diet of babies as early as nine months can help to fight off eczema, according to new research. The type of fish could include lean, white fish or oily types, such as mackerel and fresh tuna.

Researchers from Sweden's Queen Silvia Children's Hospital sent questionnaires to 4,921 families six months after the birth of their baby and again when the child was 12 months old