A Europe-wide ban on all children's food imported from China has come into force. It follows the deaths of four Chinese children after drinking contaminated powdered milk. 13,000 children in China are still being treated in hospital.
Batches of powdered milk in China have been contaminated with melamine - which is used in pesticides and plastics. The European Union has now banned imports of Chinese baby food that contain any traces of milk.
The decision, under the bloc's health and safety provisions, will also mean all food imports from China which contain at least 15 percent milk products will be subjected to tests. Officials at the European Commission in Brussels are emphasising that, as far as they know, there has been no contamination of food originating from China, and these measures are purely a precaution.
The ban comes as production of a popular milk-based sweet known as White Rabbit has been stopped in China after traces of a toxic chemical were found in the product.
Chris Mason, BBC News, Brussels
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