China has stopped all imports of New Zealand milk powder, the New Zealand trade minister, said on Sunday that some bacteria found in milk products, can cause botulism after threatened its $9.4 billion in annual dairy trade food safety attention.
The global dairy trade giant fonterra said the pollution have been sold in New Zealand whey protein concentrate on Saturday of eight customers use within a certain range of products, including baby milk powder in Australia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Saudi Arabia.
China's $190 million import milk powder in the origin of nearly 90% last year, in New Zealand, therefore to extend the ban may cause shortage of dairy products in China.
Foreign brands of infant formula milk powder, especially a valuable commodity after a series of food safety scandals in China, the Chinese brand to consumers distrust.
New Zealand neighbour Australia into the ban after some before being sent to China and other countries export contaminated whey protein concentrate.
"In China, in my opinion is absolutely right, the authorities have to stop all from Australia and New Zealand milk powder imported from New Zealand, New Zealand trade minister Tim lothar told television New Zealand on Sunday.
"This is to better protect your people do blanket, and then the wind came back, we, we, the director of the department, in one location, give them confidence and advice, they need before that," he said. "
There is currently no official ban on the Chinese authorities earlier on Sunday.
On Saturday, China national radio said, fonterra notice three Chinese companies affected by the pollution. Some say is China's largest food and beverage company fonterra's customer, everything from candy cheese pizza refrigerated milk powder as raw materials.
Fonterra is a Chinese main supplier of bulk milk powder products, but after living, sanlu dairy enterprises in China brand, it holds a large stake, was found to have add melamine - usually used in plastic - to the bulk formula in 2008. Children above six years old died in the industry-wide scandal, hundreds of people are sick.
Ban, recall
According to the report, other countries also stop importing and purchasing New Zealand dairy products recall.
Russia, suspended the import and distribution of fonterra products, itar-tass said, Russia on Saturday, reference Rospotrebnadzor consumers supervision.
Media reports said on Saturday evening, Thailand has ordered the recall of import fonterra products since may.
New Zealand primary industry, said five batches subsequent Karicare, a popular brand, in the Chinese market sales of infant formula milk powder contaminated bacteria, although do not have to enter the retail supply chain.
These products will be sitting in storage facilities come back from the market, it said.
Farmers have fonterra is a large wholesale dairy raw materials suppliers, international food and beverage companies. In addition, also sells his own consumer brands, including New Zealand and Ann jardine matheson Ann with maternal formula, which is in southeast Asia and other parts of the anchor milk.
It says, all brands of pollution, has been no reports of any disease and affected by the whey protein. It added that fonterra chief executive theo Spierings to China to discuss the problem.
The incident is the companies involved in New Zealand's largest this year. In January of this year, fonterra said it had found dicyandiamde potentially toxic chemicals, used in fertilizer, its products in some traces.
Is often behind the latest panic, botox, the bacteria found in soil. Fonterra's case caused by a dirty pipe processing plant.
It may cause botulism, a potentially fatal disease, affect the muscles and can cause respiratory problems. Infant botulism against intestinal system.
Pollution problems, China has started to tighten dairy import regulations, in order to improve the overall food safety. In recent weeks, Beijing has regulation to limit the smaller infant formula brand operation.
New Zealand dairy industry is a big driver, the country's economy based on agriculture, exports of NZ $1.2 billion, about 25% of total merchandise exports last year.



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