date:Dec 27, 2018
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, has further extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China, including chocolate and chocolate products, which were found to be contaminated with melamine, a chemical compound physically added to increase their protein content, by a period four months, i e until April 23, 2019. The last ban expired on December 23, 2018.
At a meeting which took place at the FSSAI hea