Taiwan seizes milk powder from China
Sunday, 14 September 2008
TAIPEI, Sept 13, (AFP): Taiwanese authorities today seized nearly 10 tonnes of milk powder imported from China which was suspected of killing one baby and sickening dozens there.
"We seized 393 of the 1,000 bags of milk powder totalling 25 tonnes from China... We will track the rest and recall them," said a health official at northern Taoyuan county.
Television footage showed health inspectors removing bags from a storage unit in Taoyuan, while some of the milk powder reportedly had already been sold to bakeries, pharmacies and schools.
Officials here said the milk powder was produced by China's Sanlu Group, which has acknowledged that some of its milk powder was tainted by the chemical tripolycyanamide that can cause kidney stones.
Chinese authorities announced a nationwide probe Friday into Sanlu milk powder suspected of killing one baby and sickening dozens of others, in the latest safety scandal to rock China's food industry.
There have been no reports of babies in Taiwan becoming ill from the milk powder.
"We seized 393 of the 1,000 bags of milk powder totalling 25 tonnes from China... We will track the rest and recall them," said a health official at northern Taoyuan county.
Television footage showed health inspectors removing bags from a storage unit in Taoyuan, while some of the milk powder reportedly had already been sold to bakeries, pharmacies and schools.
Officials here said the milk powder was produced by China's Sanlu Group, which has acknowledged that some of its milk powder was tainted by the chemical tripolycyanamide that can cause kidney stones.
Chinese authorities announced a nationwide probe Friday into Sanlu milk powder suspected of killing one baby and sickening dozens of others, in the latest safety scandal to rock China's food industry.
There have been no reports of babies in Taiwan becoming ill from the milk powder.