Following the baby milk problem in China,a couple of friends who live in Shanghai have asked me to buy and send them over some imported baby milk or powder.
Would anybody know where I can find it in HK?
Thanks for your help as I am really clueless when it comes to baby milk...
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Bumps to Babes has quite a bit of choice. Mannings and Taste have Aptamil (made in NZ) but considering how much powder kids go through you will need to send them a lot (i cant even remember now how long a tin lasted - 30 feeds sound about right?) - wich means that the tin on average would last a week? So depending on their child's age - they might need a lot!
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Thank you so much for your reply.
I will check with them about the quantity then...it seems a bit scary!
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Gateway has US formula, but you will pay a premium.
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ok, thanks.
I will check at Mannings & Taste first then.
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oh a friend of mine imports her formula from germany. I think she does it once every 6 weeks. She says it's actually cheaper. if u want i can ask for details and pass them on to you. i might start doing the same it hink.
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better to look around Shanghai for this service. There are lots esp after this milk formula scare. After all, how many times can you send it from HK to her?
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you can only buy 2 cans per person now, i just went today to mannings, watsons and park n shop to get some stock, it was full of mainlanders guys taking all the stuff to bring back to china.
it's scary
by the way no need to buy the expensive brand, you can buy the australian brand, they are very good as well as japonese
cheers
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I agree with Marianne...no need to panic and buy designer formula ;-) Abbott, Mead and Wyeth are all safe, major labels made outside of China. Just go to ParknShop, or even better, the local Chinese drug stores...they sell all the major safe brands..just look on the can for 'Made in China' and avoid it.
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Whichever one you buy for her, she needs to make up the formula carefully. Fill the kettle with fresh water, bring to the boil and allow it to cool slightly; ideally the water should be between 70 and 90 degrees C so use boiled water that has been left to cool for no more than half an hour.
This ensures that the bugs in the powder are killed prior to consumption.
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Z
18 yrs ago
Our Mead Johnson [Enfamil] is made in Guangzhou -- but we received assurances from the manufacturer that "I want to assure you that all Mead Johnson products are safe to feed to your child and we are confident that none of the ingredients in Mead Johnson products have been contaminated with melamine. Mead Johnson does not purchase dairy or protein ingredients that have been sourced in China. Our manufacturing plant in China imports dairy and protein raw ingredients from Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. Only China-sourced dairy and protein ingredients have been found to be contaminated with melamine"
just fyi.
You know, with my first kid, I went to a La Leche meeting where the leaders asked us why we were choosing to breastfeed. The consensus answer, which really surprised them was that one can never be sure of the safety of formula in China [this was after the debacle in Anhui]. With my second, practicality won out [I never had any luck with pumping -- tried maybe 5 different pumps, both manual and electric], and we decided to give the occasional bottle of formula -- then a few days later the melamine story broke.
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i really really would NOT use any milk produced in China - no matter how big the brand name is - the controls over quality are just not there! The brand that started the whole thing is 43% owned by Frontera (a big NZ company) - well, that did not stop the problem! Why, why would you even consider it risking on your baby?
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No assurances made by China means anything to them. To me, these people are a bunch of cowboys who have no soul in what they do. Only monetary objectives motivates them. To put that sort of risk on your baby is unthinkable!
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