Dutch supermarkets limit infant formula purchases
By Xu Chi |
March 14, 2013, Thursday
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SOME supermarkets in the Netherlands are banning customers from purchasing more than one can of infant formula after many Chinese were found buying large quantities of milk powder, Xinhua news agency reported.
"Too many Chinese come to purchase infant formula in our supermarket every day, and almost every time they purchase all of the goods on the shelves," one supermarket staff worker was quoted as saying. "We have to issue the rule to make sure others can purchase the milk powder."
According to Xinhua, some supermarkets in Holland have set up written notices in both English and Dutch stating that each customer can only purchase one can of infant formula. Even so, most of the milk powder shelves are empty.
Parents on the Chinese mainland have long been purchasing formula from Hong Kong, the Netherlands and other countries after losing faith in domestically produced products following baby milk scandals in recent years.
On March 1, Hong Kong limited travelers to two cans of milk powder when leaving the territory. Since then, many parents on the mainland chose to purchase milk powder products from the Netherlands.
Supermarket managers in the Netherlands told Xinhua that so many Chinese rushed to purchase infant formulas that other residents may find it difficult to purchase them for their own babies.
Some Chinese people, including students studying in the country, have been found snapping up infant formulas from all the supermarkets and selling them back to China to make some extra money.
In Chinese online stores, prices for milk powder from Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and other countries are rising as the products are difficult to purchase, some venders said.
A vendor on a Chinese e-commerce online platform said he is predicting further price hikes for milk powder from the Netherlands and other countries.
"Too many Chinese come to purchase infant formula in our supermarket every day, and almost every time they purchase all of the goods on the shelves," one supermarket staff worker was quoted as saying. "We have to issue the rule to make sure others can purchase the milk powder."
According to Xinhua, some supermarkets in Holland have set up written notices in both English and Dutch stating that each customer can only purchase one can of infant formula. Even so, most of the milk powder shelves are empty.
Parents on the Chinese mainland have long been purchasing formula from Hong Kong, the Netherlands and other countries after losing faith in domestically produced products following baby milk scandals in recent years.
On March 1, Hong Kong limited travelers to two cans of milk powder when leaving the territory. Since then, many parents on the mainland chose to purchase milk powder products from the Netherlands.
Supermarket managers in the Netherlands told Xinhua that so many Chinese rushed to purchase infant formulas that other residents may find it difficult to purchase them for their own babies.
Some Chinese people, including students studying in the country, have been found snapping up infant formulas from all the supermarkets and selling them back to China to make some extra money.
In Chinese online stores, prices for milk powder from Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and other countries are rising as the products are difficult to purchase, some venders said.
A vendor on a Chinese e-commerce online platform said he is predicting further price hikes for milk powder from the Netherlands and other countries.
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