CPS has banned the import of Chinese milk products

Gennady Onishchenko, head of Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday banned the import of Chinese products in Russia, with milk, reports RIA Novosti. The prohibition is contained connected with a risk of poisoning in Chinese milk products with melamine. Onishchenko said that some such drastic measures due to the lack of information was taken from the Chinese side. Russia received "sketchy and system data" on the content of melamine in Chinese products' confidence erodes in the country [China], "and" more and more evidence that, as expected, we are dealing with a criminal situation, " Onishchenko said. Total ban on imports covered more than a thousand products, including sweets, biscuits, yogurt, and milk powder. In addition, all existing sanitary-epidemiological certificates suspended for food, could the production of milk from China which are used. According to Onishchenko, the ban will seriously affect the state of the market, but no less justified. "In this case we are dealing with the deliberate introduction of known toxic substances in food," - he said. Head of Rospotrebnadzor well accepted method to determine melamine in food. "This is probably the first" crime "the real test of public health used to be," - said in this context Onishchenko. He also noted that, although was not a case of melamine poisoning in Russia not fixed. Melamine - an organic compound used in the manufacture of coatings, plastics and dyes. Melamine was added to milk to create the illusion of the large amount of protein than it really is.