Latest News:  

English>>World

Aflatoxin detected in milk from two Dutch dairy farmer

(Xinhua)

20:34, March 06, 2013

THE HAGUE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- An illegally high concentration of aflatoxin, toxic metabolites which can cause disease to animals and humans, was found in milk produced by two Dutch dairy farmers, the Dutch Dairy Association said on Wednesday.

The milk supply of the two dairy farms was immediately blocked and can only be continued if they meet the quality standards again. Both companies have received feed from the same supplier. The cattle on the two dairy companies now get different feed.

"All milk products on the consuming market comply with legal requirements,"the Dutch agency said in a statement.

The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has started investigating the source of the new reports of contamination to avoid its further spread.

An official survey into aflatoxin contamination in corn from Serbia and Romania is still pending. The organization received three reports of corn deliveries with increased aflatoxin content, two from Serbia and one from Romania.

Part of this corn was delivered to Dutch feed companies and was fed to pigs. These supplies have, as far as is known now, no connection with the contaminated milk.

We recommend:

Backstage of Ralph Lauren 2013 Fall collections

New York slammed with heavy snow

"Swan Lake" rehearsed in Mexico

Costumed revellers gather in Venice

People protest against DPRK's nuclear test

Chinese Lunar New Year celebrated around world

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:LiXiang、Zhang Qian)

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Afghan national army holds military exercise

  2. Ship-borne helicopters taking off and landing

  3. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies

  4. A little man’s struggle for job

  5. Art schools exams in Chinese style

  6. Foxes seek food from oil workers in NE China

  7. Chinese and overseas arts serve and return

  8. Old Shanghai posters in the Minguo period

  9. China's richest man sets his sights on foreign projects

  10. Qihoo 360 accused of stealing user info

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Life of the never-touch-a-pan generation
  2. Chinese films ought to tell Chinese stories
  3. Lei Feng spirit never out of date
  4. Call to relax adoption criteria
  5. China has its own Golden Raspberry Awards
  6. Chinese tourists reflect nation's character
  7. Spoiled brats spring from pampering parents
  8. A smile can succeed where a scowl fails
  9. Reducing income inequality an urgent task
  10. Why media turns attention to 'two sessions'

What’s happening in China

Missing baby killed in Changchun | Photos: Local residents mourn for killed baby

  1. Beijing female prison eradicates illiteracy
  2. Couples rush to divorce as house sales tax looms
  3. Veterans can't be forgotten: delegates
  4. Sex-tape officials remain under investigation
  5. Students recommend ren as message to the world