An inspection team established by the State Council has fanned out to a number of provinces heavily affected by the tainted-milk scandal to step up monitoring of dairy production.
Team members have gone to Hebei , Shanxi , Inner Mongolia , Shandong , Jiangsu , Henan and Gansu to investigate the production, processing, market supply and quality control of milk products, China Central Television reported last night.
The team would focus on how local governments carried out the central leadership's policies on tackling the crisis, the report said.
The inspectors would visit places such as shopping malls, supermarkets and markets selling agricultural products to make sure substandard milk products had been pulled off the shelves. The supply, sale and pricing of milk products would also be examined, it said.
The food scare, centred on milk produced by major dairy companies, such as Inner Mongolia-based Mengniu and Yili, and Hebei-based Sanlu, has since spread to other products by various companies.
The team - which comprises representatives from ministries including the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine - will also follow up on the medical treatment of sick babies.
