Premier Li Keqiang calls for action on baby milk.pptVIP

Premier Li Keqiang calls for action on baby milk Premier Li Keqiang called on Friday for enhanced supervision（监督） of the quality of baby formula（婴儿食品） to regain public trust in domestic（国内的） dairy products. Strict measures should be used to ensure the safety of baby milk, and all baby milk formula products should be retraceable（返回、折回）through methods such as electronic coding（电子编码）, Li said. The premier was speaking at an executive meeting of the State Council（国务院常务会议）. Li said the regulations covering baby formula should be as strict as those on medicine. Dong Jinshi, a food safety expert and deputy director（副会长）of the International Food Packaging Association（国际食品包装协会）, said, Under the food regulations, it is mainly producers that are responsible for safety, but under the regulations covering medicine, both producers and sellers are held responsible. He said Lis remarks reflect the central governments determination to supervise （监督，管理） the dairy industry and rebuild its reputation. Dong added that food safety issues are managed by several departments, which tend to shirk（推卸） their responsibility when food safety scandals（丑闻） are exposed. At the meeting, Li vowed to launch special campaigns （活动、竞选）to ensure the safety of milk products, supervise milk sources, standardize manufacturers and sellers of baby formula, and punish companies that do not meet the standard. Domestic brands of high-quality milk powder should be built up to regain consumers trust, Li said. Domestic dairy industry sales slumped（下跌） in 2008 after Sanlu Group was found to have adulterated（在…中掺入杂质） its infant（婴幼儿的） formula with melamine（三聚氰胺）, a chemical compound used to make plastic. Six children died from drinking the milk, and at least 300,000 others became ill. Li said the quality of dairy products for babies has improved in recent years after the government took a series of measures to enhance supervision. However, there are still many factors that can affect the quality of milk produc