Dairy board impounds Sh36m illicit milk powder

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Worryingly, the Dairy Board seized a large consignment of corn starch bags, powder mixing equipment and packaging materials at the facility, raising concern over the safety and quality of the product. FILE PHOTO | FOTOSEARCH

The Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) has impounded illicit powder milk valued at Sh35.67 million in a crackdown that has also revealed possible adulteration of the commodity with maize flour by unscrupulous traders.

In a statement, the Board said the confiscated goods include a consignment of 655 25-kilogramme bags of full cream spray dried milk powder that lacked importation documents from a wholesaler on Nairobi's Eastern Bypass in August last year.

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