* The authorities still wont' reveal the names of the companies with contaminated milk, even though they have announced the results of the investigation

* The reason - ..."to avoid burying the industry"

For two weeks now we have been waiting for the names of the farms and milk processors where milk infested with aflatoxin was found, a cancer-causing substance which can affect our health.

However, the authorities have been very reluctant in giving any names, so we have been unable to find these names from "sources".

At first, the representatives of the National Authority for Health, Veterinary and Food Safety (ANSVSA) told us that they were unable to disclose the names of the producers whose names contained aflatoxin, because that would violate the European regulations.

The quoted sources said: "The names of the brands involved in the scandal of the milk contaminated with aflatoxin are protected based on the Regulation of the European Commission no.178/2002".

The regulation in question, however, specifies that if maintaining the secrecy of the information could have negative effects on the public health, then the information in question can be made public.

We were subsequently told that the data would be announced in the press conference which was held yesterday at the headquarters of the ANSVSA, organized in order to publicize the results of the investigation made by the authorities in the milk industry.

But we didn't have any luck then, either. Both the management of the ANSVSA, as well as the minister of agriculture, Daniel Constantin provided the press with a series of numbers, but not one farm, processor or brand was named.

A local publication published a piece of information according to which, the dozens of farms where aflatoxin was found includes some in the county of Arad. But our regional colleagues were