Russian food inspectors have found nearly two tons of Chinese dry milk believed to be contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, news agencies reported Friday.
Russia's chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko said the dry milk was seized in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, on the Chinese border, ITAR-Tass reported.
Interfax, meanwhile, reported that inspectors have found more than 1,000 items containing Chinese-dairy products around the country. And RIA-Novosti said Friday that milk powder containing melamine had been found in the Siberian city of Tomsk.
Consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Tuesday banned all imports of Chinese dairy products.
The ban followed news that milk containing melamine may have killed four Chinese babies and sickened more than 54,000 others.
