Health Ministry set up milk inspection teams

Hanoi (VNA) - The Health Ministry on Sept. 23 decided to set up two inspection teams to look into food hygiene and safety standards observance at businesses and establishments involving in milk and dairy products nationwide.

Each team will have representatives from the Ministries of Health, Public
Security, Industry and Trade and Science, Technology and Environment.

Besides checking on businesses' l egal and personnel records, materials
supply source and production facilities, the teams will take samples of milk
and materials and products for testing.

Earlier, the Health Ministry had sent an urgent message to
centrally-governed provinces and cities to suspend the circulation of milk
products and materials of unidentified origins.

The ministry also directed local health departments to work with related
agencies to inspect the sources of supply of all milk products and materials
in the market, especially those imported from China .

Qualitative samples taken from Vietnamese and imported milk products and
materials must be tested for melamine, with test results being reported to
the Health Ministry immediately.

The list of 22 Chinese companies whose product samples were found to be
Melamine-contaminated have been publicized on the mass media.-Enditem