New Zealand dairy another problem. 819 AQSIQ released news that China Wandashan Dairy Company Limited implementation of food safety responsibility, from New Zealand Westland’s lactoferrin detected abnormal levels of nitrate. AQSIQ has connection with the New Zealand Department of Primary Industries communication of information to verify the situation of the affected products.
AQSIQ has asked the relevant inspection and quarantine authorities sealed the products in question, but decided to suspend imports of New Zealand Westland company produces lactoferrin, requiring all other companies from New Zealand lactoferrin and Westland’s other imports of dairy products to provide nitrate test report. AQSIQ requires a comprehensive inspection of the Government of New Zealand products exported to China enterprise management system and products, to ensure safety.
Verification confirmed, involving a total of 390 kg of New Zealand products as dairy raw materials exports to China, were not to enter the circulation and consumption sectors.
According to national food safety standards, “food nutrition fortifier standards”, lactoferrin can be used to modulate milk, flavored fermented milk, milk beverages and infant formula milk powder. Experts pointed out that due to infant formula milk powder and other materials may also contain nitrates, a variety of materials also contain nitrates, could eventually make infant formula milk and other foods nitrate content exceeds the standard requirements. Therefore, the production enterprises in order to ensure that the final product of nitrate content in line with national food safety standards, it should be for all materials tested. (Carinata)
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