A total of more than 10 countries from Asian and African have banned imports of dairy products from China. And several countries for fear of poison milk products go in the domestic market, have recalled these products before Wednesday. At the same time, the European Union made a ban on baby milk from China.The following are the response to the China poisoning milk incident from countries and regions.
Bangladesh
Banned the import of the three China brands Sanlu, Sancare and Yashili. All imports of milk powder have to receive the national quality inspection.
Bhutan
Prohibited imports of dairy products and domestic products from China, made a comprehensive investigation in domestic market.
Brunei
Ministry of Health banned all Chinese dairy products, although Brunei does not directly import dairy products from China.
Burundi
Saturday Promulgated an order prohibiting the import or sale of Chinese dairy products.
Colombia
Banned on import of China milk powder.
EU
The EU banned on imports of the infant food whose components contain Chinese milk.
France
Passed a ban on all food containing Chinese milk as a preventive measure.
Gabon
Promulgated the ban at the same time as Burundi.
Ghana
On Tuesday, Food and Drug Council suspended all imports of Chinese milk and milk products.
India
Banned on imports of Chinese milk and milk products for three months at least.
Indonesia
On Tuesday, Banned on the import of Chinese-made dairy products.
Cote d'Ivoire
Banned on imports of Chinese-made dairy products.
Malaysia
On Tuesday, banned on the import and sale of all dairy products, chocolate, candy and other food products containing milk from China.
Maldives
Banned on the import of China dairy products to protect 30 million people.
Nepal
Banned on the import of milk and foods containing milk as a preventive measure.
Papua New Guinea
Banned on the import of Chinese dairy products.
Philippines
On Tuesday banned on the import or sale of Chinese milk products, investigated possible contamination product.
Singapore
Singapore found two cases of Chinese products containing melamine. On Sept. 19, prohibited the import or sale of Chinese dairy products.
South Korea
Found that Chinese imports of biscuits containing melamine. It banned on all imports of all Chinese food containing milk powder ingredients.
Suriname
Banned on the import of China milk and milk products, and strengthen the testing of imported food from South-East Asia.
Taiwan
On Sunday banned on the all dairy products from mainland and set up a milk testing station in Taipei for consumers.
Tanzania
Stopped all imports of Chinese dairy products, sealed 34 tons of China milk powder.
Togo
Prohibited the import, transport, sale of original Chinese dairy products.
Vietnam
Bbanned on the import of China milk. The Ministry of Health officials have warned that such products may be sold to the central poverty-stricken areas.
UK
As a preventive measures, British supermarket chain Tesco has removed white toffee in the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia.
Canada
Recalled of Chinese-made Nissin Foods containing Yili milk. Yili dairy meterials and products failed to pass quality inspection in Hong Kong. Canada has also expanded the range of product quality testing.
China
All milk powder and liquid milk from 22 manufacturers have been removed from supermarkets and chain stores. Starbucks removeed the ingredient from the Mengniu milk. A spokesman said Tuesday, Germany's biggest retailer Metro removed the related dairy products in some warehouse-style supermarkets.
Hong Kong
All products of Yili, including milk, ice cream, popsicles, and lactic acid products have been recalled in last Thursday. Nestle's milk powder was under the plane as a result of press reports of its milk powder containing melamine. This Enterprises from Switzerland is very self-confident, but Nestle's milk, pure milk have been found melamine in Hong Kong. Nissin food has been recalled and is under the investigation.
Japan
Japan's food manufacturer Marudai has recalled five kinds of snack, as a result of raw materials containing milk imports from China Yili milk.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
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