Montenegro joins Balkan milk scare

Europe February 21, 2013

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro is withdrawing from sale some brands of milk from Bosnia and Serbia, and testing its own brands — the latest Balkan nation affected in a health scare caused by reports of contamination with a potentially cancer-causing toxin.

Montenegro's Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday all distributors should "without delay" withdraw five milk brands from Serbia and one from Bosnia, because they contain "higher than allowed" levels of aflatoxins, a fungus linked to mildewed cattle feed that can cause cancer if consumed in high doses.

Serbia and Croatia have also banned various milk brands, and Bosnia sent back from its borders milk shipments from Slovenia and Croatia. In Serbia, the government has faced accusations of a cover-up.

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