Chinese Milk Safety Targeted in Multinational Team-Up

DSM has announced its intentions to work with players from throughout the Chinese dairy industry in attempts to ensure improved safety throughout the country’s milk supply chain.

The ingredient supplier says that following last week’s one day safety forum, arranged in cooperation with China-based supplier Yili, preventing further contamination scandals was identified as a key future focus for producers.

According to DSM, 16 January’s International Dairy Safety Forum saw gathered representatives from both the Chinese government and the country’s dairy industry put specific attention on providing a national milk sourcing system.

China’s dairy industry was put at the heart of a global scandal in 2008, when thousands of children were hospitalised and at least three people were killed after traces of the industrial chemical melamine found its way into milk. Melamine is a chemical that can make it appear there is more protein in a product, and has been linked to causing kidney stones and other health problems.

While China bore the brunt of the contamination fears, products around the world ranging from Infant formula to confectionery were recalled in fears over ingredient sourcing in the country.

DSM claims that in this current market it would look to work with the industry in pushing its quality initiatives as well as safety policies.

However, from the company’s own business perspective, DSM said that it would be playing up its Quality for Life seal on all the ingredient products it was selling in the country.

Source: FoodProductionDaily.com