Aug 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Health has taken steps to temporarily suspend releasing all brands of milk powder imported from New Zealand from the country's ports.
An announcement issued by the Ministry of Health said the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Palitha Mahipala took this decision today.
The announcement said the Ministry has focused special attention to the problems related to the imported milk powder.
The latest announcement by the New Zealand's dairy giant Fonterra that its milk supply was contaminated with botulism bacteria has added to the Sri Lankan government's earlier concern that the milk powder imported to the country contains traces of dicyandiamide (DCD), an agrochemical.
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