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2018-10-24 China-Japan-Koreas

'I had no idea it was this bad': Huge line of people queueing for baby formula at Woolworths stuns shoppers

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Chinese people don't trust baby formula made in China. Not after the Sanlu scandal, when they put plastic additives in formula to pass protein tests.

China won't allow imports for obvious reasons. So the daigou step in to fill the gap.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-10-24 01:24|| 2018-10-24 01:24|| Front Page Top

#2 And breast-feeding is looked down upon as unscientific. Baby formula is created by smart people to feed babies. Breastfeeding is what poor peasants from the countryside do, because they can't afford formula.

You want to look like one of the deplorables?

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-10-24 01:25|| 2018-10-24 01:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I also vaguely remember pets being poisoned by pet food from Asia.

Posted by boomerc 2018-10-24 06:33|| 2018-10-24 06:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Let me get this picture being painted. China has restrictions on imports. However, the 'daigou' have developed a means around the restrictions. Baby formula is in such a demand that Australia is experiencing a shortage due to this export market.

So, does Australia have restrictions on baby formula imports? Cause anyone with a dime sense of capitalism would have started to ship American based production to Australia for transshipment to China to answer the demand.

This doesn't add up.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-24 07:09|| 2018-10-24 07:09|| Front Page Top

#5 pets being poisoned by pet food from Asia.

In 2007. Some of the raw ingredients sourced in China were deliberately contaminated by the manufacturers with melamine to artificially increase the protein readings in lab tests. As I recall, it was discovered by the product development team at IAMS, then owned by Procter & Gamble, who were encouraged by management to bring their dogs to work. The rash of kidney failures quickly became obvious, though it took a while to track it back to the suppliers. I have friends who lost pets while working in the lab to find the cause. As we were collecting guinia pigs at the time, I was not aware until I read this that the problem was much bigger than a single boutique brand.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-10-24 11:06|| 2018-10-24 11:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Baby formula is also have been used to 'cut' drugs, like heroin and fentanyl--maybe China's supply is diverted to more lucrative markets?

Posted by Eohippus Dribble5682 2018-10-24 11:24|| 2018-10-24 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 No, because cutting like that is one of the final steps before selling to the end user.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-10-24 11:58|| 2018-10-24 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Living in the land of heavy metal pollution has poisoned mother's milk.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-24 14:26|| 2018-10-24 14:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Woolworth's? They still exist? That's the real news for me.

Posted by Boss Spoper5850 2018-10-24 17:33|| 2018-10-24 17:33|| Front Page Top

#10 I too wondered if it is the same franchise known in American commerce history.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-10-24 19:14|| 2018-10-24 19:14|| Front Page Top

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