China's Ministry of Health has promulgated 66 new rules on dairy products and a highlight of the new rules is that a ban on the use of melamine in dairy products has been formally enacted.

At a recent working conference, China's National Office of Food Safety asked that decisive measures be taken to completely remove all possible risks from the country's food market.

In a reprise of the melamine scandals of 2009, the Shanghai Municipal Food Safety Joint Conference Office has announced that the Shanghai Panda Dairy Company has been punished by the local food supervision department for producing and selling dairy products contaminated with melamine.

Twenty-two milk powder distributors have complained to local media about Chinese milk powder products manufacturer Yili's refusal to recall milk powder products contaminated with melamine.

The Beijing Food Safety Administration will conduct a three-month campaign on food safety from July 13 on to ensure food safety during the National Day celebrations.

There are reports in the Chinese media of melamine-contaminated milk and this time the subject is said to be Scient Milk Powder.

Chinese dairy products company Bright Dairy has announced plans to invest CNY50 million to improve its pasture-land and to further improve its milk quality.