EU BOOSTS VIGILANCE ON CHINA DAIRY PRODUCTS
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has boosted vigilance on imports of Chinese dairy-based products as concerns persist about their potential contamination with the chemical melamine. A ban had already been imposed on imports of such foods designed for infants or young children and systematic checks have been ordered for other composite products containing milk. However, initially special control points in EU member states were to systematically check only imported Chinese products with 15% or more milk content for melamine. But the European Commission has ...
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