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Several countries restrict baby formula sales to Chinese consumers
Chinese consumers have been cleaning out stocks of baby formula abroad in the country's ongoing domestic food safety scare, leading several countries imposing purchase restrictions on Chinese consumers, state-run China News Service reports.
Macau is the latest region to put a lid on the baby food shopping bonanza. Only local residents with children under the age of one will be able to buy at least five cans a month, CNS said.
In January, Hong Kong also announced purchase limits for baby formula, as well as adopting other measures to stamp out parallel exports of such products, which are in high demand in China.
American retailers Target and Wal-Mart introduced similar restrictions last June, and were followed by their counterparts in Australia's Sydney, the Netherlands and Germany, CNS said.
New Zealand tightened its dairy product exports in September in response to Chinese parents placing online orders for baby formula from foreign countries.
Source: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130203000033&cid=1103
Chinese consumers have been cleaning out stocks of baby formula abroad in the country's ongoing domestic food safety scare, leading several countries imposing purchase restrictions on Chinese consumers, state-run China News Service reports.
Macau is the latest region to put a lid on the baby food shopping bonanza. Only local residents with children under the age of one will be able to buy at least five cans a month, CNS said.
In January, Hong Kong also announced purchase limits for baby formula, as well as adopting other measures to stamp out parallel exports of such products, which are in high demand in China.
American retailers Target and Wal-Mart introduced similar restrictions last June, and were followed by their counterparts in Australia's Sydney, the Netherlands and Germany, CNS said.
New Zealand tightened its dairy product exports in September in response to Chinese parents placing online orders for baby formula from foreign countries.
Source: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130203000033&cid=1103