date:Mar 11, 2013
of stock. Violators face a fine of HK$500,000 ($64,500) and up to two years in jail.
Similar two-can purchase restrictions have also been announced by the Netherlands and New Zealand for milk powder there.
The surge in demand for powder from outside the mainland can be traced back to 2008, when melamine-tainted formula caused the deaths of at least six Chinese infants and left 300,000 others sick, which forced many parents to choose imported products for their newborns.
Imported formula has