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Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Become a Fan on FACEBOOK: on.fb.me China’s milk industry devastated previously by melamine is hit hard again by the “leather milk.” Official media claimed that Agriculture Ministry’s sampling of fresh dairy products had found no problem. However, consumers’ confidence couldn’t be rebuilt. A media survey shows, nearly 70% respondents said they wouldn’t consume domestically produced milk. The scandal wiped out China’s milk product market. It has boosted the dairy market in Hong Kong and Macao. Except for the dairy product merchants, this is good news to none. The public panic stems from Agriculture Ministry’s 2011 fresh dairy quality and safety inspection program, which requests to test melamine, “hydrolyzed leather protein,” and alkalis. Afterwards, it was officially claimed that no prohibited substances had been found. The public is used to reading between the lines. A parent of a melamine-milk victim Jiang Yalin said, Agriculture Ministry started inspection, because there are likely many producers of ?leather milk.? Ms. Jin from Shanghai revealed, one of her relatives works in a well-known dairy firm and their babies never have domestically produced milk powder. Jin: Their daughter only has imported milk powder, because many dairy products in China are of poor quality. He works at Yili and knows the production process. The statement of Ministry of Agriculture failed to rebuild consumer confidence. A recent media survey of some …
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Another melamine food-safety scandal in China. Authorities in Shanxi province have arrested 7 people suspected of producing 26 tons of melamine-tainted milk powder. One of the arrested, Wang Zhigang is the general manager of Jinfulai Dairy Company, which produced and sold the tainted dairy product throughout China and overseas. If Wang and the others are charged with food safety crimes they could face the death penalty. Melamine is a toxic chemical used in plastics production, but it’s also high in nitrogen and has been used by some dairy producers in China to fool protein content test.
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