Please advise those who concern about food safety in Laos, here is the link to FDD announcement of tainted milk found in Laos. http://www.kplnet.net/english/news/newsrecord/02.10.08/edn2.htm
(KPL) Food and Drugs Department (FDD) found two kinds of tainted Chinese milk powers of Yili (Nestle�s Dairy Farm) and Mengniu Dairy, which contained industrial chemical melamine at Lao-China Shang Chieng market in Vientiane Capital. The inspection movement of FDD of the Ministry of Public Health was launched this week. The Ministry of Public Health reported this week that four babies have died and more than 12, 000 babies have showed serious symptoms in China after drinking milk containing industrial chemical melamine. Lao people who have had toddlers are worried about drinking milk of their children because they scaled the milk power are currently available for sell might be contained melamine. The FDD revealed yesterday there are two kinds of tainted Chinese milk power are found to contain melamine at Lao-China Shang Chieng market, Oubmong village area, Sikhottabong district in Vientiane. Now these kinds of milk power were seized and the inspection movement will be extended nationwide in particularly Luang Namtha and Phongsaly provinces that share common border with China. Now there is no case of Lao baby has not been found, said an official of FDD. Mr Soulisack, a health official from FDD told KPL news yesterday that more than 40-milk power packs of tainted Chinese power milk with cost of 2 million kip were seized at Shang Chieng market. Dr Inkeo Phoutthavong, Head of Health Office of Luang Namtha province disclosed yesterday that local authority concerned did not still receive any notice from the Ministry of Public Health. He added that Luang Namtha market is covered by Chinese consumer goods about 70% that considers this site is a high risk.
