Leather protein new food concern in China

China pledges to halt use of leather protein in food production, saying the potentially harmful substance was being added to some products in the country's latest concern over safety.

China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said the quality and safety of fresh milk on the Chinese market was "generally safe" and that no leather hydrolyzed protein or other prohibited materials had been detected in its tests in recent years.

Authorities will "harshly crack down upon and punish companies that illegally process or produce milk using leather protein," the country's product quality watchdog said in a statement on its website. Read more ...

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