Misleading production dates put on milk boxes

GUANGZHOU: A well-known milk manufacturer in Guangzhou has come under fire for altering the production date on its milk cartons to make them appear fresher, the local quality watchdog said yesterday.

During a surprise raid on the Xiangmanlou Milk Company's Guangzhou office on June 2, officials of the quality and technological supervision bureau found 9,454 cartons of papaya milk and strawberry yoghurt, which were produced the same day but the production date printed on them was that of the next day, June 3.

All the 9,454 boxes of milk, as well as 37,885 other milk cartons, which were not marked with production dates, have been "sealed and confiscated", the bureau said.