date:May 31, 2013
. Even foreign brands in China often contain locally-sourced ingredients or are packaged locally, spurring mistrust among parents wary of shady local middlemen.
Since the Hero case came to light in March, Chinese are leaning on friends or family traveling overseas to bring back formula, or purchasing it online from Chinese living abroad who are turning a tidy profit as small-scale distributors.
Retailers in countries like Australia, the U.K. and Holland have set limits on the amount of infant