“After receiving the result of a checkup for aflatoxin M1 for a delivery from one of its milk suppliers, which was above the accepted limit, Danone Romania immediately ceased collecting milk from the respective farm and, for consumer safety, decided to block 75 tons of products in warehouse as well as to preventively withdraw from the market some products containing traces of contaminated milk,” the company said in a statement.
After the national alert on the aflatoxin-contaminated milk, Danone Romania decided to take additional measures of self-control, including to purchase its own equipment to trace the aflatoxin.
The milk scandal burst almost two weeks ago when agriculture minister Daniel Constantin said that a certain quantity of aflatoxin-tainted milk imported from Hungary and another one from a Romanian processor were identified and withdrawn from the market.
Wednesday, Mihai Turcanu resigned from the position of president of Romania’s National Sanitary-Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) following the scandal involving aflatoxin-tainted milk.
Recently, Romania has been plagued by several cases of food safety issues: the horse meat scandal, the frozen mackerel infested with parasites, vegetables and fruits containing too much pesticide, aflatoxin-contaminated milk.