NEW DELHI: India has imposed a three-month ban on import of dairy products from China following reports that its children have died after consuming toxic milk products.
The Commerce Ministry on Thursday imposed a ban on the import of Chinese dairy products after these items were found contaminated with melamine that killed children in China recently.
The ban, which comes into immediate effect for three months until further orders, follows the Union Health Ministry
More than a dozen countries in Asia and Africa have banned China dairy imports, and several others had recalled products by Wednesday, fearing potentially lethal melamine-tainted milk has made its way to their markets.
Here is a list of how different countries are reacting.
China's milk scandal fanned fears across Asia on Tuesday as countries expanded bans on Chinese dairy products to include candy and other goods and worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups.
The number of Chinese infants sick in hospital after drinking tainted milk formula doubled to nearly 13,000 and Premier Wen Jiabao threatened harsh punishment for culprits in the latest blight on the
BEIJING: China's latest tainted product crisis widened Friday after tests found the chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies, the country's quality monitor said.
SINGAPORE: banned all dairy imports from China on Friday and the European Union demanded answers from Beijing as the baby formula scandal that has left thousands of infants ill across China spread to liquid milk. A government food quality watchdog in China said nearly 10% of milk and drinking yoghurt samples from three major dairy companies were contaminated with potentially deadly melamine.
