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China Issues Blanket Recall of Dairy Products for Melamine Testing
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by Terri Potratz | October 14, 2008 at 02:35 pm
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All liquid and powdered dairy products made in China before September 14 must be recalled and sent back to manufacturers for melamine contamination testing.
It's the first time Beijing has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted milk scandal broke last month and the latest step China has taken to restore consumer confidence in the quality of Chinese food products.
"Regardless of the brand or the batch, they must be taken off shelves, their sale must be stopped," Xinhua said.
Citing a notice jointly approved by six Chinese government ministries and administrations, the Xinhua report said the products will be sold again only after they pass quality tests and are labelled as safe.
It is unknown why the Chinese government has decided to do a blanket recall now; two previous recalls on September 16 and September 19 called for only some brands of powdered and liquid milk to be brought in for testing.
The country's chief quality watchdog, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said Monday the latest tests on 172 batches of milk powder from 55 brands showed them to be safe for melamine content.So far, 1,300 batches of milk powder from 195 brands produced after Sept. 14 have shown no signs of contamination, the watchdog said.
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at 15:04 on October 14th, 2008
Terri Potratz, I like this story. It's good stuff. A little boy in Hong Kong has come down with kidney stones. Milk and cookies what could be more benign?
at 16:09 on October 14th, 2008
Taken in Shenyang China. June 08. flickr.com/rhutch
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at 19:20 on October 14th, 2008
Please kindly credit George Chen for the photos.
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