Colostrum Milk Suddenly Suspended When Imported Baby Milk Powder Can Be Used by Colostrum Industry

Some shopping malls appear to be out of stock. The industry's call for "colostrum can not be used as raw materials for milk powder" is best stipulated. "After the implementation of the new national standard for dairy products, the compound milk powder supplemented with colostrum will not be imported, and some shopping malls have already appeared out of stock. Yesterday, at a trade and economic cooperation exchange meeting held in Guangzhou, a dairy agent pointed out to reporters that due to the relevant commodity inspection authorities saying that colostrum milk powder "does not conform to the new national standard", it has directly led to the related import "lockout" since last year. The company's inventory is close to light.

In August last year, he was told that he could not import "Because from the beginning of last year, milk powder supplemented with colostrum was not allowed to be imported. The Commodity Inspection Bureau stated that it was not in line with the new national standard for raw milk and powdered milk and could not import such powdered milk for the time being. I hope relevant departments can give it as soon as possible. "Yesterday, at the "New Guangzhou, New Business Opportunity," Guangzhou-Shenzhen Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange, the relevant person in charge of the international trade in the Guangzhou Free Trade Zone broke the news with reporters and expressed the hope that the New Zealand Trade Development Council can represent dairy-related businesses and China. The health department negotiates to solve this problem.

Yesterday, the person in charge of the company told reporters that they had been representing a New Zealand brand of bovine colostrum compound milk powder for many years and suddenly found it could not be imported last year. “In August 2011, we imported milk powder from 3 containers. We were informed at the time of import inspection that the raw milk of milk powder contained colostrum, so we did not approve the import for the time being.” After that, the import of colostrum milk powder was completely stopped. .

The company said that the industry has reported this issue to the competent Ministry of Health and has not yet received a reply. "Our colostrum compound powder has stopped importing for more than six months. We see that the inventory will be consumed. We have to negotiate with New Zealand's partners to adjust the formula, but it is very difficult to ship the product soon."

When interviewed by reporters, relevant persons from the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau said yesterday that they have not yet received the relevant documents from the Ministry of Health on the problem of colostrum milk powder, and it is inconvenient to respond to relevant questions. The reporter then searched for Taobao. He found that there were still colostrum compound powders claimed to be imported from New Zealand and the United States, involving more than a dozen brands.

The national standard issued the status of colostrum and the introduction of colostrum milk powder has a history. Yesterday, the industry gave two very different interpretations. The above company stated that the Ministry of Health's National Food Safety Standard "Breaked Milk" (GB19301-2010) issued in April 2010 stipulated that "seven days of colostrum after calving" should not be used as raw milk, but the national standard "milk powder" issued in the same period ( GB19644-2010 stipulates that milk powder is a powdered product made from raw cow (sheep) milk as a raw material.

The company also pointed out that it is the regulation that colostrum should not be used as raw milk to make it difficult for related parties: “If colostrum cannot be used as raw milk, milk powder based on raw milk should not be used colostrum. Before clear, we had to suspend the import of colostrum milk powder."

However, another colostrum company veteran told reporters yesterday, according to their understanding of the more accurate reason is that the country is strengthening the supervision of colostrum products. He pointed out that the health department wants to clarify the concept of colostrum and what is colostrum milk powder. "After the two components of colostrum and ordinary milk powder are mixed together, it is difficult to detect how much it is milk powder and how much it is difficult for colostrum to detect. This makes consumers very troubled. It is better to have clear regulations."

He said that the China Dairy Industry Association has proposed an industrial standard for bovine colostrum powder (RHB602-2005). The key indicators are protein content of not less than 40% and immunoglobulin (IgG) of not less than 10%. The above-mentioned sources believe that it is doubtful whether colostrum milk powder can meet these two criteria. It is controversial whether the name of colostrum can be labeled as "colostrum."

Does the industry analyze whether baby milk powder can use colostrum? The industry’s suspected reporters also learned yesterday in an interview whether it is appropriate to add colostrum to infant formula. Domestic experts have long had two opinions on this issue: one considers the practice to be controversial, and the other indicates No problem, you can continue to use in infant formula.

Colostrum itself does not have a national standard. "Colostrum itself does not have a national standard. Whether or not infant formula can be supplemented with colostrum can not be described in the national standard of "milk powder"." Wang Dingmian, a dairy veteran, said yesterday. The controversy points out that China's current recommendation for daily intake of colostrum for adults and infants and children lacks relevant criteria, and recommends that infants and young children within 1 year of age should not eat. Because the infant's nutrient absorption function is not mature enough, the daily intake of protein from the formula has reached the standard, if excessive intake of protein may become a burden. In addition, there are also concerns that hormones in bovine colostrum itself will be higher.

There is no report on the infant and child victimization report. Wang Dingmian said that at present, most countries in the world do not add bovine colostrum ingredients to infant formula, but the pros think that bovine colostrum products have been used in the domestic market for nearly ten years. There is no clinical record or hazard report of precocious puberty in infants and young children.

Wang Dingmian told reporters that the Ministry of Health has recently indicated that it is necessary to re-clean the original food safety indicators. The import of colostrum milk powder may be related to this background. "The industry should have more rigorous and meticulous expert arguments and clinical trials to conduct research from the perspective of health needs."

New Zealand exports more than 10 years It is reported that China is the world's largest consumer of bovine colostrum, many of which are imported from New Zealand. Yesterday, the New Zealand Consul General in British Consulate General Ying Pai told reporters whether colostrum can be mixed with other products. There is indeed controversy. He is not aware of whether China has new standards for implementing mixed products. However, it emphasized that New Zealand's export of bovine colostrum products has a history of more than 10 years, and the country's dairy standards are also "the highest international standards."

"Colostrum has a highly active immune substance, our company has always defined it as a nutritional product." There are bovine colostrum business people told reporters that according to their understanding of the latest situation, the health sector is proceeding from the perspective of national standards The concept of colostrum comes in a clear definition and illustrates the applicability of people and safety.