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Children Sickened By Tainted Milk Much Higher Than Estimated: China
No melamine-related deaths have been reported overseas and the government has taken a range of high-profile measures to fix the problem, but confidence in Chinese dairy products overseas remains extremely low.
The state-run China Daily reported on Tuesday that Chinese dairy exports had come to a near standstill, just when the industry was normally enjoying its busiest time of the year.
Only 1,036 tonnes of dairy products were exported in October, down 92 pervent from the same period last year, the newspaper said, citing the customs administration, with other industries also suffering.
"The milk food scandal has created distrust in other China-made food exports, and stunted their exports too," the China Daily said.
Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese leaders have repeatedly sought to reassure the world about the safety of Chinese food exports.
"We will use our actions and high quality of our food products to win the trust and confidence of Chinese people and people around the world," Wen said in October.
However it remains unclear just how much of China's food is contaminated with melamine and other dangerous substances.
A few days after Wen's comments, it emerged that some Chinese eggs also had traces of melamine, after the chemical was added to chicken feed to give the appearance of higher protein content.
The discovery raised concerns that it could be in many other Chinese foods, with the suspicion that it may have been mixed to other livestock feed.
Other Chinese foods have come under scrutiny for safety issues in recent years.
Dumplings laced with pesticide have been discovered in Japan, while the Chinese and international media have reported on problems such as steroid-laced pigs and fish being fed antibiotics so they can survive in polluted water.
Source-AFP
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