Chinese milk products raise quality control concerns

Quality control concerns around the import of Chinese products have once again surfaced following the detection of melamine in certain Chinesemanufactured milk products including baby formula and white rabbit sweets and biscuits. While no permits for primary dairy products have been issued for Chinese imports since 2005, this does not include processed products with dairy products which is where the concern now lies. Quoted on BuaNews, Department of Health spokesman commented: "As far as the legislation stands, melamine is not allowed into food products and therefore no levels of melamine are permitted. "Testing of suspected contaminated products therefore will be on presence or absence rather than levels," he said. The Consumer Goods Council has alerted all its members to test and make sure that all the products are safe before making them available for distribution.