Tougher rules to restore confidence
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TOUGHER regulations on infant milk formula are to be introduced to restore public confidence in the domestic dairy industry.
Producers will be required to register powdered baby milk formula with the food and drug regulatory agency, according to a draft revision to the Food Safety Law, submitted to the bimonthly legislative session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.
The policy is stricter than an earlier draft submitted in December, which stipulated that firms only needed to ensure their formulas were on record.
There are over 1,900 varieties of baby formula available in China and each company has around 20 varieties each. In other countries, firms produce and sell two or three, the Food and Drug Administration said.
“Some producers are creating new formulas purely for the sake of marketing,” said the lawmakers.
In 2008, formula produced by the Sanlu Group was found to contain melamine. Six babies died and thousands fell ill. The first Food Safety Law was enacted the following year but public confidence in domestic formula has not yet recovered.
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