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The Ministry of Environment and Water said no consignments of contaminated dairy products with the bacterium strain ‘Clostridium botulinum’, which causes food poisonings, have entered the UAE from New Zealand.
This was announced by Saif Mohammed Al-Shara, Assistant Under Secretary of the Ministry for Agricultural and Livestock Affairs.
He added that the ministry continues coordination with competent authorities over the notification from the Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand about the contamination of whey protein in milk products.
Al Shara noted that the circular has been issued to the local authorities to prevent the entry of products whose composition has the contaminated whey protein, whether imported directly from New Zealand or indirectly through re-exportation from Australia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.
Local authorities have taken procedures to prevent the entry of these products.
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