Milk powder

21 May 2013

Buy too much rice in Hong Kong and “you could end up in jail”, Chinese media warned tourists in the wake of the Guangzhou cadmium scandal.

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Study backs Chinese-made milk powder brands

29 Apr 2013

Chinese-made milk powder is better in quality and half the price of imported products, said the national dairy association.

The results of a study were announced in an effort to promote the...

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Milk powder beats out heroin in smuggling arrests - huh?

29 Apr 2013

Bloomberg takes an odd angle on milk-powder smuggling in Hong Kong.

"Milk smugglers top heroin courier arrests in Hong Kong"

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China demand for baby formula puts squeeze on Europe

27 Apr 2013

Yong-Hee Kim still can’t believe that in a prosperous country like Germany, powdered baby formula would ever be rationed and that she would have to scour shops in the German capital to find the...

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Baby milk formula producers plan to end export restrictions

26 Apr 2013

Seven manufacturers of baby milk formula on Friday proposed a new system to ensure a steady supply of their product to Hong Kong parents, hoping this could persuade the government to cancel...

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Retailers, milk brands co-operate on vouchers

13 Apr 2013

Pharmacies and milk powder manufacturers are working on a plan to guarantee enough baby formula for local mothers in return for the government cancelling the export restrictions.

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More than HK$1 million worth of milk powder seized in customs raid

Customs officials have seized more than HK$1 million worth of baby milk powder in a crackdown on a warehouse used to store the product for parallel-goods trading purposes.

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Provinces react to stumbling pork prices and supermarkets abroad restrict milk powder sale

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7:07AM

Government mulls the meaning of 'milk powder' in the two-tin ban

The definition of milk powder can be amended to fine-tune a ban against the unlicensed export of infant formula, health authorities say.

4:03AM

CUSTOMS

Woman held at Hong Kong border for 'breaking milk limit' - with rice cereal

The woman, from eastern China's Jiangsu province, said she did not know powdered rice milk cereal was included in the rule and said she asked customs officials at Lok Ma Chau more than once.

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Guangzhou woman's 148 cans of milk formula beats Hong Kong curb

Strong opinions were exchanged on Sina Weibo after a Guangzhou woman bought 148 cans of baby milk formula from Hong Kong supermarkets and then uploaded photos of them.

4:14PM

Milk powder curbs may be the epitome of cognitive dissonance