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China recalls over 170 tons of contaminated milk powder in latest crackdown | Chinese health monitoring authorities have recalled over 170 tons of milk powder during a ten-day nationwide crackdown on melamine-tainted dairy products. According to the China Daily, two dairy companies in the country's Ningxia Hui autonomous region were closed for selling tainted
milk powder on Saturday, while candies made with tainted milk powder were found
in Jilin province on Sunday. The Ningxia Tiantian Dairy Co Ltd and Ningxia Panda
Dairy Co Ltd have been sealed after the raid. A third company -- the Ningxia Tiantian
Dairy Co Ltd - is also under investigation for accepting and selling about 170
tons of milk powder - melamine-tainted products left over from the 2008 scandal
that should have been destroyed. Officials said that from July to November last
year, the company repacked 164.75 tons of the affected powder in their own packages
and sold it to five factories in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Fujian
and Guangdong provinces. About 72 tons of the milk powder have been recalled and
seized and the authorities are tracking the rest of the tainted products. Zhao
Shuming, secretary-general of the Ningxia Dairy Industry Association, said: "Many
small companies lack the technology to test melamine, an industrial chemical added
to milk to boost false protein readings in quality tests." "As a small company,
the Tiantian dairy company doesn't have a machine to test melamine. Such a machine
can cost up to 1 million yuan ($147,000). So many companies are just not able
to check if the milk powder they buy is safe or not. But their repacking of the
products is illegal," Zhao told China Daily yesterday. Zhao said the latest findings
have dealt a huge blow to the Ningxia dairy industry. |
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