No Easy Answers for Clean-up of Milk Powder Industry

(Beijing) – Premier Li Keqiang said in late May at a State Council meeting that the government would supervise the quality of infant milk powder using the same standards as those used for drugs.

Then, on June 4, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that from June 1 to August 31 it would launch a safety inspection of milk powder production in an aim to improve quality and boost consumer confidence.