Singapore to lift melamine-related requirements for importing milk products from China

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The requirements were introduced after Chinese suppliers were found to have added melamine to milk powder in 2008. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Chinese authorities were also required to test each batch of the products and issue health certificates with melamine test results.

The Chinese authorities were also required to test each batch of the products and issue health certificates with melamine test results to accompany consignments to Singapore. In a circular to milk and milk product traders on Monday, SFA said China has strengthened its supervision and administrative processes. These include tighter production licensing, stronger inspection, detection, monitoring and evaluation, and more severe penalties for products found with melamine across the dairy food chain.

Responding to the deadly milk scandal in September that year, the then-Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore temporarily banned the sale of China-made milk products and tested more than 3,500 milk products.

 

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