A major Chinese dairy producer has denied a media report alleging that it added a toxic industrial gelatin to its yogurt products.
Beijing Sanyuan Food Co said in a statement that its production materials were bought from the world's leading edible gelatin makers, which are either entirely foreign-funded or Sino-foreign joint ventures. Quality tests have shown that both the materials used in the production of the edible gelatin and the final gelatin products are up to standard, it said.
The dairy products were sold after passing quality tests, Beijing Sanyuan said. The newspaper 21st Century Business Herald alleged on Friday that Beijing Sanyuan Food Co once bought toxic industrial gelatin from Gelita Cangnan Gelatin Co in Zhejiang province.