Director General Of Health Services Instructed All Milk Powder/Food Companies To Remove Stocks Of Whey Protein Contained Milk Products From Market

The Director General Of Health Services(DGHS) Dr.Palitha Mahipala has today(12) instructed all the milk powder/food  manufacturers and distributors to remove all the stocks of Milk Powder , High Protein Milk Supplements and food items contains "Whey Protein and Whey Powder with immediate effect until investigations on the said products are over.

At present Medical Research Institute(MRI) in Colombo has conducting an investigations on the  said products to see whether they are contaminated with "Clostredium" Bacteria which entered few batches of infant formula produced by one of the major dairy milk powder companies  in New Zealand through a dirt pipe line.

As Director General Of Health Services Dr.Mahipala has instructed the customs last week to withheld releasing of all imported milk powder stocks from new zealand until the investigations on presence of  clostredium bacteria in milk products concluded, still a large number of super markets and groceries selling those milk products to consumers freely it has been revealed.due to this dr.mahipala strictly advised the milk powder companies and food manufacturers to withdraw all milk powders milk supplements and food items like chocolates,biscuits,toffees,cheese and butter contains whey protein and whey powder with immediate effect.

Also people are advised to check in food labels of Milk Products like Chocolates,Toffees ,Biscuits,Cheese and Butter to see whether they contains whey protein else whey powder.if a product found contains those ingredients people should avoid buying it dr,mahipala has said.

The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has conducting an investigations on the presence of DCD Chemical in Milk Powders and Medical Research Institute (MRI) has investigating the presence of bacteria contaminated whey protein in imported milk powder products.

Samples Of All Imported Milk Powder Products Are Been Sent To ITI And MRI For Poisonous Tests

Samples of all imported milk powder products available in local market are been  sent  to Industrial Technology Institute(ITI) and to Medical Research Institute in Colombo for DCD and Clostredium Bacteria tests respectively according to government food inspectors.Ministry Of Health has instructed authorities to send samples of all milk powder products available in market for the tests  last Wednesday following the ITI report which stated agro chemical DCD has  found in 4 brands of  imported milk powder products .

Meanwhile a senior food inspector has told that Milk Powder Companies imported the said 4 brands of Milk Powder Products have currently withdrawing the batches of those milk powders proved as contaminated with DCD Chemical from the market.

Police Curfew Imposed Following A Clash Between Two Groups In Grandpass Area

A police curfew was imposed until 7 a.m tomorrow in Grandpass-Kosgashandiya Junction few hours back following a clash erupted  between two groups in the area according to the police sources.five people including two police officers were injured in the incident and admitted to Colombo National Hospital sources added.

Several Buildings and Vehicles were damaged due to the clash sources revealed.

Fonterra Compnay To Withdraw DCD Contaminated Milk Powder Products From Market

Fonterra Company in Sri Lanka has decided to withdraw certain batches of their milk powder products Anchor and Anchor 1+ which confirmed as contaminated with agro chemical "Dyciadanmite"(DCD) with immediate effect according to company sources.company made this decision  following the directive issued by Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala yesterday(08) he has urged the milk powder companies to  withdraw the contaminated batches of 4 imported milk powder products including  Anchor and Anchor1+ based on the research findings of Industrial Technology Institute(ITI).

Dr.Mahipala has  also appealed from all media institutions in the country to refrain from publishing milk powder advertisements until further notice due to the crisis situation occurred in milk powder industry here.

Meanwhile the Director General Of Health Services with Food Advisory Committee has issued the names and batches of DCD Contaminated milk powders in the market which should withdraw from the market.the DCD Contaminated milk powder products are as follows.
Anchor Full Cream Milk Powder (batch no.0605C0883) and Anchor One Plus (Batch no.107610163) manufactured by Fonterra-New Zealand  , Maliban Non-Fat Milk (batch no.13074A1) and Diamond Milk Powder (batch no. NW1F1PDX1)

Director general Of Health Services Has Instructed Provincial Health directors To Inspect Withdrawing Of Contaminated Milk

The Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala has instructed all provincial health directors and regional directors as well as the Chief Medical Officer of Colombo to inspect  the withdrawing of  milk powders belongs to 3 milk powder companies that proved as contaminated with DCD Agro Chemical.the imported  milk powder products which are identified  as contaminated with  DCD  are Anchor.Anchor 1+.Maliban Non fat and Diamond milk powders .

Director General Of Health Services  has yesterday (07) ordered 3 milk powder companies namely Anchor-Fonterra,Maliban and Mudalige limited to withdraw their products from the local market following the research report issued by industrial technology institute  confirming the presence of DCD in them..

Court Of Appeal Has Issued An Interim Order Preventing Fonterra From Advertising Their Milk Powder Products

The Court Of Appeal has today (08) issued an interim order preventing New Zealand Milk Powder manufacturer Fonterra from advertising any of their milk powder products in both print and electronic media until  21st of August.court has issued this order after considering a petition filed by architect saliya samrasinha of Matale by stating that public is mislead due to the advertisements published and broadcast by  fonterra in print and electronic media  when a safety problem regarding imported  milk powder products arise in the country.

The petitioner has claimed in his petition that the Fonterra is advertising  their milk powder products as  100% safe  for consumption whenever a  news item appear those milk powders are contaminated with DCD agro chemical .this situation is not good for public and should avoid it the petitioner has said.

Health Ministry Has Ordered The Milk Powder Companies To Withdraw DCD Contaminated Milk Powder Products

The Ministry Of Health has today(07) ordered milk powder importers Fonterra,Maliban and Diamond to withdraw their milk powder stocks which found contaminated with agro chemical Dyciadanamite" (DCD) from the market with immediate effect.further ministry itself decided to send all samples of Milk Powder and other food items to local Industrial Technology Institute(ITI) instead of sending them to foreign labs.

According to the Ministry Sources the Food Advisory Committee which met yesterday evening has decided to restarted  the research on presence of DCD in all imported milk powders as well as on the presence of bacteria infected whey protein with immediate effect.if any of the imported milk powders found to be contaminated with DCD else bacteria infected whey protein the future action will be decided according to it ministry has stressed.

Meanwhile Health Minister Maithrepala Sirisena has promised to the government medical officers association (GMOA) that all DCD Contaminated imported milk powders in the local market will be withdrawn and steps will be taken to promote liquid milk among public.