EU limits imported Chinese food

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

The European Commission is imposing a ban on EU imports of Chinese baby food that contains any traces of milk, while other Chinese food will undergo tests.

The measures come amid a health scare over milk powder contaminated in China with the industrial chemical melamine. It has caused several deaths there.

The commission says all imported products from China containing more than 15% milk powder will be tested.
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The EU does not import milk or other dairy produce from China, but processed foods such as biscuits and chocolates might have traces of milk powder, commission health spokeswoman Nina Papadoulaki told the BBC News website.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7635594.stm

[AllieB]

1. They have already banned or limited certain plastics from China.

The EU governments are more interested in the safety of the populace and protecting their own economies than buying poisonous crap from China. Too bad the US isn't.