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Chinese Milk Powder

Lab test confirms melamine presence

Staff Correspondent
Traces of melamine have been found in the Chinese baby formula Yashili 2 that was earlier found available in markets in some parts of the country.
Plasma Plus, the private testing laboratory, yesterday confirmed this in its report to the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTT).
The government is also taking steps to amend the breast milk substitute regulation of marketing ordinance-1984 in order to take sterner action against those who are importing unregulated milk powder that pose a threat to public health.
The testing laboratory found melamine in Yashili 2 milk powder's 8008 batch.
Director General of BST1 Azma) Hossain told The Daily Star, “The presence of harmful melamine in Yashili 2 milk formula has been found according to the report by Plasma Plus. The amount of melamine present is 72.77 milligram per kg of milk"
He said that BSTI, the Department of Chemistry of Dhaka University and Plasma Plus are scheduled to test melamine in different baby milk products following media reports of thousands of children being affec ted in China.
Dhaka University is now closed for Eid vacations and BSTI is yet to complete its testing procedure. But the private laboratory Plasma Plus situated in city's Uttara has already done the testing.
The laboratory report was also sent to the Commerce Secretary Firoz Ahmed and a sample of the milk would be sent to the Science Laboratory today for confirmation of the test result, the BS11DG said.
The commerce secretary Firoz Ahmed has also confirmed The Daily Star that presence of melamine was detected in a sample of one of the three Chinese brand baby milk products that were earlier being sold in the market.
“As the government testing laboratories are yet to confirm the presence of melamine in the milk, we cannot take any legal actions against the importers or the companies selling the milk." he said.
The commerce secretary also said that they have asked the Chittagong Customs House to provide complete information on when and what quantity of Yashili 2 brand was brought into the country
The Institute of Public Health and Nutrition (1PHN) authorities also said that it would be possible to take legal actions against the importers of Yashili 2 after the tests are confirmed.
The Chinese baby milk products Yashili 1, Yashili 2 and Sweet baby 2 had been sold in country's market without having any registration of thelPHN.
Earlier, at a press conference at the secretariat office, Health and Family Welfare Adviser Dr AMM Shawkat Ali said the government has taken steps to amend the breast milk substitute regulation of marketing ordinance 1984 to prevent the sale of hazardous contaminated or tainted milk in the market.
The government will also form a taskforce involving high ups from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Commerce, Institute of Public Health and Nutrition (IPHN) and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to determine the what future steps need to be taken in the light of the situation that has emerged.
The taskforce will also recommendation on taking punitive actions against the importers, dealers and wholesalers involved in importing the contaminated milk from China.
Shawkat Ali said the proposed amendment of The Breast Milk Substitute (Regulation of Marketing Ordinance-1984) asks for five years' jail and Tk 1 lakh fine as punishment for the ogender^msteadof the two pMHWWtmr
mended in it at present
The draft copy of the amendment will be submitted to the Ministry of Law and Justice for verification within two days and after vetting, the proposal will be placed before the council of advisers for its final approval, he said.
The adviser also informed the press that so far no child in the country has been found affected by consuming the powdered milk, but the government's efforts continue to find out if anyone has been affected by it
He also said that the government has imposed ban on sale three brands of powdered milk of as those may pose a threat to public health.
Shawkat Ali said he has instructed all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of the country to strengthen the vigilance of mobile courts to seize the banned powdered milk from local markets.
The government took action against sale of the imported Chinese milk after the international media reported that melamine had been found in milk powder being sold by some companies in China. Over 62,000 children have already fallen sick in China after consuming this milk