Indonesia prohibits the import of four kinds of wheat flour, including Chinese flour
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Last Update: 2003-06-03
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Lead: Jakarta (Reuters) - Indonesia's Ministry of trade has temporarily banned the import of four brands of wheat flour because none of the four brands meet the national flour standards, according to a senior official from Indonesia's Ministry of trade According to Budi darmadi, manager of commodity inspection department of Izt, the four brands of wheat flour are Longfeng wheat flour in China, Kingfisher flour in Australia, Kuda flour in India and ASM wheat flour The origin of the last wheat flour brand is unknown Budi darmadi said the imported flour did not add nutritional vitamins and therefore did not meet the national standard (SNI) of Indonesia Izt SNI requires wheat flour to be added with iron, zinc, vitamin B1, B2 and folic acid Darmadi said the ban is only temporary, and if the wheat flour meets the requirements in the future, Indonesia will allow it to enter the domestic market In the past few months, Indonesia's Ministry of trade and industry has tested 11 kinds of imported wheat flour to ensure its ingredients meet national standards Indonesia does not plant wheat, but mainly imports wheat from Australia, the United States and Canada IZT
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