date:Aug 21, 2013
trengthen local infant formula companies and allay fears about food safety.
China has been heavily relying on foreign manufacturers for baby formula following a 2008 scandal which involved milk products containing melamine that killed at least six and sickened nearly 300,000 children.
Over the past few months, foreign infant formula makers in China have come under increased scrutiny - last week, imports from New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Westland Milk Products were suspended after elevat