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CAFIA pays special attention to foodstuffs containing milk of Chinese origin
10/06/2008In connection with the case of Chinese milk which was proved to have been contaminated by the chemical substance melamin, on the 26 th September 2008 the European Commission decided to tighten up the measures that are aimed at protection of the European market from these dangerous foodstuffs.
There has been a ban on the import of milk products from China to the European Union since 2002 which also applies for dried milk. The ban on imports now began to apply on all Chinese foodstuffs containing a milk ingredient and are intended for nutrition of sucklings and small children. From each consignment of foodstuffs from China containing more than 15 % of milk ingredient or in consignment in which the milk content cannot be determined the inspection authorities have to sample and verify potential content of melamin. Only the consignments that are safe, are allowed to come onto the market.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic began to take measures as soon as the Commission Decision entered into force. Even before, more CAFIA‘s controls had begun to be aimed at Chinese foodstuffs with a milk ingredient that had already been on the market. Number of controls in shops specialized in Asian foodstuffs increased and inspectors also verify information from both the consumers and the media. CAFIA is informed in detail about all cases solved in the EU and outside by means of the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed in which it is involved.
Neither the inspectors have discovered any dangerous foodstuffs on the Czech market so far, nor was it confirmed that any foodstuffs contaminated by melamin had been imported into the Czech Republic from another EU Member State. The inspection would immediately inform the public about each potential discovery of a contaminated foodstuff.
There has been a ban on the import of milk products from China to the European Union since 2002 which also applies for dried milk. The ban on imports now began to apply on all Chinese foodstuffs containing a milk ingredient and are intended for nutrition of sucklings and small children. From each consignment of foodstuffs from China containing more than 15 % of milk ingredient or in consignment in which the milk content cannot be determined the inspection authorities have to sample and verify potential content of melamin. Only the consignments that are safe, are allowed to come onto the market.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority in cooperation with the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic began to take measures as soon as the Commission Decision entered into force. Even before, more CAFIA‘s controls had begun to be aimed at Chinese foodstuffs with a milk ingredient that had already been on the market. Number of controls in shops specialized in Asian foodstuffs increased and inspectors also verify information from both the consumers and the media. CAFIA is informed in detail about all cases solved in the EU and outside by means of the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed in which it is involved.
Neither the inspectors have discovered any dangerous foodstuffs on the Czech market so far, nor was it confirmed that any foodstuffs contaminated by melamin had been imported into the Czech Republic from another EU Member State. The inspection would immediately inform the public about each potential discovery of a contaminated foodstuff.
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