Supervision of dairies to be unified

China has vowed to tighten regulation over the dairy industry by bringing all milk procurement stations in the country under one supervision system, a senior official said yesterday.

Sun Zhengcai, minister of agriculture, said the ministry launched a month-long campaign on Sept 22 to check milk procurement stations, together with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Health.

"We will examine each and every milk procurement station and stamp out the practice of adding melamine to fresh milk," he said. "A long-term supervision system will be established to cover all milk procurement stations."