The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) this week issued yet another advisory on the possible health risks associated with the consumption of milk that does not comply with standards.
This comes against the backdrop of a disclosure that last month, the authorities had intercepted four containers of evaporated milk and condensed milk destined for the local market and had refused the cargo entry into the country.
In its release the GA-FDD said that the milk was refused entry since it was found to be “non-compliant with the prescribed standard as found in Regu-lations 13 & 14 Division 5 of the Food and Drug Regulations 1977 and the International Food Standard Codex STD for milk fat products.” In the cases of the banned milk consignments, the GA-FDD release said that
