Ministry: No Leather Protein Tested In Milk
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China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Thursday the quality and safety of fresh milk on the Chinese market was "generally safe" and that no leather hydrolyzed protein or other prohibited materials had been detected in its tests in recent years.
The ministry made the declaration on its web site after media reported that some illegal manufacturers added leather protein powder to dairy products, which were produced from hydrolyzed leather scraps in tanneries, raising milk safety concerns after the melamine scandal in 2008.
China had maintained close attention to the quality of dairy products and boosted food safety checks, which put melamine and leather hydrolyzed protein on the list of banned food additives and must-checks in fresh milk safety supervision, said the ministry.
The MOA performed 7,406 spot checks on fresh milk samples, 4,778 spot checks on milk stations, and 2,628 checks on transportation vehicles, it said.
The ministry said that this year the government would further boost safety supervision over fresh milk and strengthen the crackdown on illegal activities.
The additive, leather-hydrolyzed protein, contains toxic chemicals including potassium dichromate and sodium dichromate used to soften the leather.
Users are at risk of developing osteoporosis from the toxic chemicals.
Long-term exposure to the chemicals could cause cancer and death among children, the Global Times reported Thursday, quoting a Chinese language report by the 21st Century Business Herald.
In 2008, melamine-tainted milk power killed at least six infants and sickened 300,000 children across the country.
Since the 2008 melamine scandal, sales of foreign dairy products have surged in China. Many mainland consumers, meanwhile, have gone shopping for infant formula in Hong Kong and Macao, the China Daily said in an article published Friday.
During the Spring Festival this year, suppliers in both special administrative regions blamed a shortage of imported infant milk powder on mainland consumers' panic purchasing. The short supply has left local babies with little to feed on, media reports said.
On Tuesday, the Macao Pharmacies Association pledged to the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government to limit the public to fewer purchases of milk powder in the hope of stretching the supply further.
The Hong Kong SAR government said it will not impose a departure tax on milk powder, although some pharmacies there have set rules to prevent customers from purchasing more than three cans of baby formula at a time, the article said.
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