Four Varities Of Milk Powder Removed From The Market Contaminated With DCD During September - December 2012

The four varieties of  imported milk powder  found as contaminated with DCD agro chemical were manufactured during  September to December 2012 when the New Zealand dairy farmers used DCD on grass eaten by the dairy cattle according to Director of Industrial Technology Institute G.A.S Premakumara.however the stock of imported milk powder recently found as DCD free were manufactured after the June 2013 he added.

DCD free milk powder stocks were imported to  the country after the new zealand has decided to  stop using DCD to the green grass eaten by cows dr.premakumara has said.

"People should not mixed up with this issue as after 01st of June  DCD  is no longer using in New Zealand dairy farms ,the milk powder stock imported from New Zealand after 01st of June has cleared for DCD" he has stressed.the Thaliand which has said to be  tested imported milk powder samples sent by Sri Lankan Health Ministry too tested samples of milk powder produced after 01st of June it has been revealed.refusing the claims made by one of the foreign milk powder companies operated here  that the ITI has not having state of the art equipment facilities for testing DCD,dr.premakumara has said the institute is not only equipped with modern technology to test DCD, facilities are there to test Bacteria in Whey Protein too .