Tainted milk powder destroyed in Shanghai
The Shanghai industry and commerce administration destroyed 200 tons of tainted milk powder on Friday, part of a citywide drive launched by local authorities in September when the toxic baby formula scandal was exposed.
Local authorities have so far sent 40,000 inspectors to examine dairy product dealers.
Meanwhile, the city’s quality supervision department is also stepping up its checks of the dairy market.
The latest quality inspections of powdered milk show that products continue to meet new temporary limits on melamine content, officials said on Friday.
Shanghai food and drug administration said it would strengthen its supervision and control of the dairy products market and standardize the operations of dairy firms.
So far, 8,311 tons of unqualified milk products have been withdrawn from the market since the scandal’s exposure. As of Oct 30, more than 12,163 batches of milk products on sale had been tested and were found to be safe, earlier report said.
In another development, Sanlu brand milk has made a limited return to the Chinese market two months after being removed when its melamine-tainted powdered milk sickened thousands of babies nationwide.
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