Jail call for dairy industry's 'black sheep'
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March 4, 2013, Monday
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A LAWMAKER has urged strict legal supervision for China's dairy industry, suggesting that "black sheep" should be sent to prison.
Zong Qinghou, a beverage magnate and also a deputy to the National People's Congress, was speaking following the detention of at least 45 people by Hong Kong authorities for violating new limits on the purchase of baby formula.
"Taking Hong Kong as a mirror, we can see the inadequacy of lawmaking and law enforcement in food safety on the Chinese mainland," Zong said.
From March 1, people leaving Hong Kong can take no more than two tins of infant formula with them.
"Since Hong Kong can jail buyers of baby formula milk, why can't the mainland authorities adopt strict laws in this regard and send those black sheep to prison?" Zong said.
Authorities say 99 percent of baby formula on the mainland meets quality standards.
"Yet, so many people still rush to purchase milk powder from overseas, which shows that they still lack confidence in mainland's milk industry," said lawmaker Peng Weiping from east China's Anhui Province.
In 2008, melamine-tainted formula caused the deaths of at least six infants on the Chinese mainland.
Zong said legal supervision was the most fundamental way to rebuild public confidence in the mainland's dairy industry.
Zong Qinghou, a beverage magnate and also a deputy to the National People's Congress, was speaking following the detention of at least 45 people by Hong Kong authorities for violating new limits on the purchase of baby formula.
"Taking Hong Kong as a mirror, we can see the inadequacy of lawmaking and law enforcement in food safety on the Chinese mainland," Zong said.
From March 1, people leaving Hong Kong can take no more than two tins of infant formula with them.
"Since Hong Kong can jail buyers of baby formula milk, why can't the mainland authorities adopt strict laws in this regard and send those black sheep to prison?" Zong said.
Authorities say 99 percent of baby formula on the mainland meets quality standards.
"Yet, so many people still rush to purchase milk powder from overseas, which shows that they still lack confidence in mainland's milk industry," said lawmaker Peng Weiping from east China's Anhui Province.
In 2008, melamine-tainted formula caused the deaths of at least six infants on the Chinese mainland.
Zong said legal supervision was the most fundamental way to rebuild public confidence in the mainland's dairy industry.
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