Croatia launches belated milk inspection

ZAGREB The Veterinary Inspection will today take samples of raw milk and cattle food from partner farms of Dukat, Vindija and Meggle dairies in Croatia. According to Zagreb-based daily Vecernji list, the Veterinary Inspection started the control six days after a scandal regarding milk contaminated with cancerous aflatoxin M1 had broken out. Croatia launches belated milk inspection The daily has unofficially learnt that the Veterinary Inspection has been instructed to take raw milk and cattle food samples from several specific farms and several randomly selected ones. The samples will then be handed over to the Zagreb-based Croatian Veterinary Institute for analysis. However, the public wonders why it took six days to start the inspection and farmers say they do not understand how it is possible that there is no aflatoxin in other dairy products if milk used for their production comes from local farms, 24sata.hr news outlet writes. Media even entertain a possibility that the inspection was delayed in order to cover up the import of contaminated milk that farmers and some MPs have been warning about for days. An extraordinary inspection has in the meantime been conducted in Serbia which also has Dukat and Vindija products on its market. The inspection has determined that there is no aflatoxin in any milk in Serbia. (www.sxc.hu) 24sata.hr

Croatia launches belated milk inspection

The daily has unofficially learnt that the Veterinary Inspection has been instructed to take raw milk and cattle food samples from several specific farms and several randomly selected ones.

The samples will then be handed over to the Zagreb-based Croatian Veterinary Institute for analysis.

However, the public wonders why it took six days to start the inspection and farmers say they do not understand how it is possible that there is no aflatoxin in other dairy products if milk used for their production comes from local farms, 24sata.hr news outlet writes.

Media even entertain a possibility that the inspection was delayed in order to cover up the import of contaminated milk that farmers and some MPs have been warning about for days.

An extraordinary inspection has in the meantime been conducted in Serbia which also has Dukat and Vindija products on its market. The inspection has determined that there is no aflatoxin in any milk in Serbia.