–did not meet health requirements
FOUR containers containing three different brands of evaporated and condensed milk were refused entry into Guyana last month after authorities found they did not meet prescribed standards.
The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department, in a press statement, said the milk was not of the standard required by the Food and Drug Regulations of 1977 and the International Food Standard Codex STD for milk fat products (CODEX STAN 280-1973) Codex Alimentarius.
The statement said that, in all the rejected products, milk fat was substituted with various forms of vegetable fat, and the department had collaborated with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Customs Department, in discovering the problem.
Best Liat sweetened condensed milk, Global sweetened condensed milk, Tastu sweetened condensed milk and Tastu evaporated creamer were the rejected products. According to the prescribed standard, they contained less than the required amount of milk solids and milk fats.
“Evaporated milk shall contain no less than 25 per cent milk solids and 7.5 per cent milk fat; while condensed milk, or sweetened condensed milk, shall contain no less than 28 per cent milk solids and 8 per cent milk fat,” the statement said.
The department is advising food importers to ensure milk imported is in compliance with the prescribed standards of the Food and Drug Regulation or the International Food Standard Codex Alimentarius.
