MR TAM AH HOCK: 'The China tainted milk scandal is spreading like wildfire across the Asia Pacific as yesterday's front page report, 'Tainted milk scare goes beyond China', suggests. While I believe that the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) takes great pains in doing its job, I am concerned that the AVA should not be just a follower

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What to do? It is the follow the top system here. Hard to find civil servants to take the initiative. Just keep their heads low and they are safe.

now you know whenever AVA announces our imports are safe for consumption you must take it with a pinch of salt or melamine. they do not check for it until other ocuntries raise the alarm. I am very disappointed in AVA.

How can AVA test all the products in the store? Then they will need thousands of employees and will cost us lots of money. I am sure they would test for initial product approval, then do sampling check.

What to do? If big brother China says "safe!" then who is AVA to deny?

of course code22xx! if they can't test comprehensively then don't come out with the constant boast and refrain to tell the public our foods are safe for consumption. this is the point.

Me too..so disspointed in AVA. Maybe AVA should entrust 3rd party testing & inspection bodies to assist them in their goal to ensure that food in Singapore are safe consumption.

Someone at AVA is sleeping on the job.

didn't AVA conduct random sampling? they can't detect melamine or what?

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AVA did conduct random sampling but they didn't sample the Chinese dairy. easy to explain.