Demand for foreign milk powder brands soars

• Source: Global Times
• [03:19 February 04 2010]
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"We appreciate why people are doing it, but our supply is for the domestic market," a supermarket spokeswoman told the newspaper.

Neil McLeod, senior program manager of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority, told the newspaper that they are aware of the situation and would investigate if the baby formula the online traders sell has obtained a safety certificate.

Authorities in China launched a campaign this week to look into food safety problems including the recent discovery that tainted milk from 2008 was used to make ice cream bars and other products.

About a week ago, officials in Guizhou Province announced that four dairy companies had sold products in the province with high levels of melamine, while the companies involved blamed suppliers for the contamination.