Koalas March Creme Filled Cookies Recalled for Melamine Contamination

Food Product Recalls

Lotte USA, Inc is all Koalas’ March Cookies on September 29, 2008 because they were produced in China and they may be contaminated with melamine. The recalled cookies were distributed nationwide and to Canada through wholesale distributors and retail stores.

The recalled cookies are packaged in a plastic overwrap and the recall includes the following products:

  • Koala March King Size Chocolate 1.8 oz 50 grams; UPC 0 81900 00001 7
  • Koala March King Size Strawberry 1.8 oz/50 grams; UPC 0 81900 00007 9
  • Koala March King Size White Chocolate 1.8 oz/50 grams; UPC 0 81900 00011 6
  • Koala March Family Pack Chocolate 9.5 oz/270 grams; UPC 0 81900 08001 9
  • Koala March Family Pack Strawberry 9.5 oz/270 grams; UPC 0 81900 08002 6
  • Koala March Family Pack White Chocolate 9.5 oz/270 grams; UPC 0 81900 08011 8
  • Koala March Family Pack Chestnut 9.5 oz/270 grams; UPC 0 81900 08010 1
  • Koala March Family Hawaii Chocolate 9.5 oz/270 grams; UPC 0 81900 08003 3
  • Koala March Family Hawaii Pineapple 9.5 oz/270 grams; UPC 0 81900 08004 0

Melamine, a chemical used to make plastics and fertilizers, can cause kidney stones as the body tries to eliminate it and, in extreme cases, lead to life-threatening kidney failure. Small children are particularly susceptible. Milk and other dairy products laced with melamine have been blamed for the deaths of four infants and for sickening more than 54,000 in China.