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Imported milk found unqualified
By Yang Jian and Pan Zheng |
November 29, 2010, Monday
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CHINA has found over 670 tons of unqualified milk products to be imported from abroad from March to August, including 70 percent baby milk powder most from Australia, the country's State Quality Inspection Administration said.
However, officials ensured that all the products being sold in domestic market are safe, the Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported today.
Most of the baby milk powders were found having overproof fungus and heavy metal that experts said might lead to life dangers with high contents.
More than 200 tons of the unqualified baby milk powders were from Australia, one of the major milk products importers to China.
Other unqualified milk products came from France, Spain, the United States, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany and the United Kingdom.
"When they (the unqualified milk powder) get involved into the production process and then invade human body through the food chain, it will be not only hurt current generation, but also a big threatening for the future," Fan Tianshun, the Customer Department director of China Quality Association, told the newspaper.
Fan believes the change of global environment leads to the fungus and heavy metal disqualification.
"With the development of world industries, the heavy metal pollution is becoming more and more serious, and the varieties of fungus keep increasing," says Fan.
More than half of babies in China are eating milk powders from abroad, especially after the scandal of Sanlu Milk in 2008 that caused rapid falling of customers' confidence on domestic milk products.
The market occupancy of import milk powder products in China has reached 53.3%, according to authoritative survey, while the world top 20 milk product enterprises have all entered the Chinese market.
"I never believe the import milk products will be definitely better than domestic ones," says Song, Song Kunwang, the director of China Milk Product Industry Association.
"The quality of foreign milk products also varies a lot. Different countries have different criterions, which leads to the problem of food security," Song added.
He stressed that it was unnecessary to worry about the foreign milk products which are already in the market.
"On one hand, these 670 tons unqualified products only occupy less than 0.2% of all the China's import milk products," says Song.
"Furthermore, since the examination of Chinese customs is very strict, all the unqualified products will be destroyed or returned immediately. All the products in the sale are already qualified."
However, officials ensured that all the products being sold in domestic market are safe, the Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported today.
Most of the baby milk powders were found having overproof fungus and heavy metal that experts said might lead to life dangers with high contents.
More than 200 tons of the unqualified baby milk powders were from Australia, one of the major milk products importers to China.
Other unqualified milk products came from France, Spain, the United States, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany and the United Kingdom.
"When they (the unqualified milk powder) get involved into the production process and then invade human body through the food chain, it will be not only hurt current generation, but also a big threatening for the future," Fan Tianshun, the Customer Department director of China Quality Association, told the newspaper.
Fan believes the change of global environment leads to the fungus and heavy metal disqualification.
"With the development of world industries, the heavy metal pollution is becoming more and more serious, and the varieties of fungus keep increasing," says Fan.
More than half of babies in China are eating milk powders from abroad, especially after the scandal of Sanlu Milk in 2008 that caused rapid falling of customers' confidence on domestic milk products.
The market occupancy of import milk powder products in China has reached 53.3%, according to authoritative survey, while the world top 20 milk product enterprises have all entered the Chinese market.
"I never believe the import milk products will be definitely better than domestic ones," says Song, Song Kunwang, the director of China Milk Product Industry Association.
"The quality of foreign milk products also varies a lot. Different countries have different criterions, which leads to the problem of food security," Song added.
He stressed that it was unnecessary to worry about the foreign milk products which are already in the market.
"On one hand, these 670 tons unqualified products only occupy less than 0.2% of all the China's import milk products," says Song.
"Furthermore, since the examination of Chinese customs is very strict, all the unqualified products will be destroyed or returned immediately. All the products in the sale are already qualified."
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