UAE bans Chinese dairy products

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has banned the import of dairy products from China following reports of thousands of kids and baby animals taken ill after their consumption.

The ban against the cheap Chinese milk and its products came after contents of melamine, used for making plastics and fertiliser, as also used as whitener, was found in infant milk and other dairy products of several Chinese companies.

The General Secretariat of UAE Municipalities (GSM) has banned entry of all kinds of Chinese dairy products into the country on September 25 and all municipalities and foodstuff outlets have been asked to comply with the ban.

Big supermarkets and foodstuff outlets in Abu Dhabi have removed all Chinese dairy products from their shelves. Some of them took these products off the shelves just after receiving the news of contaminated Chinese milk powder which led to thousands of children across China falling ill and some of them dying.