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100 tons of milk powder returned
By Guan Xiaofeng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-08-24 08:32
Quality supervisors have returned more than 100 tons of American milk
powder after it was found to contain potentially dangerous levels of
nitrate.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine yesterday said 102 tons of milk powder had been returned to
the United States.
The administration said the powder, worth US$200,000, had not entered the
Chinese market.
Following the discovery of excess levels of nitrate in the milk powder,
the administration issued a warning, urging local quality inspection
bodies to step up inspections of imported milk powder to ensure consumer
safety.
Experts warned excessive consumption of nitrite-tainted foods can cause
poisoning and may even result in death.
The Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau examined three
batches of the milk powder, produced by US company West Farm Inc, on June
7 and June 14. The three batches registered nitrite levels of 2.7mg/kg,
2.8 mg/kg and 4.4mg/kg.
China's national safety limit for nitrates in food stuffs is 2 mg/kg.
Li Yuanping, the administration's food safety director, said the milk
powder was imported as a raw material for food production.
In 2004, at least 13 babies died of malnutrition and nearly 200 fell ill
after they were fed with a fake milk power made in East China's Anhui
Province.
China has been struggling to control a rise in the number of
food-related health scares in recent years.
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