Australia's milk shortage has peaked, and a lot of recent news reports have been linked to daigou milk powder shelves.
Nowadays, the contradiction between local parents and purchasing agents is imminent.
Emma Cooksey, an Australian mother, said in an interview that in order to buy milk powder for her nine-month-old daughter Sadie, she had to drive for hours to very remote areas after running six supermarkets without harvest. It is only here that there is no drug hand from purchasing agents.
"at first, I went into a supermarket, looked at the empty milk powder shelves, just lamented the milk shortage came again, but 6 supermarkets in a row is such a time, I was angry! Where's our milk powder? What do our children eat without milk powder? "
"the purchasing agents bought all our milk powder and exported it to China for several times the difference. They were happy, and our children were starving. In order to give my daughter a full meal, I had to drive for a few hours to go to those very remote places. There is no place for purchasing agents.
"now I'm worried every day that I can't buy milk powder. I can't find any milk powder for a week, so my child doesn't even have anything to eat. What am I supposed to do?"
As the milk shortage intensifies, more and more Australians are calling on Woolworths and Coles to implement effective purchasing restrictions.
At least priority should be given to ensuring the needs of local children in Australia.
CT Johnson, head of the China market for an import and export company, said: because of the huge demand for baby formula in China, profit margins have prompted purchasing agents to hoard goods crazily. Some purchasing agents can make more than one hundred thousand Australian dollars a year by selling milk powder without paying any taxes.
"probably because of previous food safety issues, a lot of Chinese people are not comfortable with the products they sell in their country, especially in milk powder," Johnson added. Australian milk powder is well-known all over the world, and it has become the most popular product in China. "
The Woolworths had once raised the limit to eight cans per person, but was relegated to two cans per person under pressure from public opinion.
However, the news of purchasing agents crazy and snatching milk powder still appeared frequently, and there were people expose. Because of the rush to buy milk powder, it almost triggered violence conflict.
In response to complaints from local parents, two major supermarkets, Woolworths and Coles, announced that they would introduce more reasonable restrictions on purchases.
A spokesman for Coles said: "Coles will introduce stricter restrictions on milk powder purchases, giving priority to customers who really need milk powder to buy goods in the first place, and instead of placing milk powder on the shelf, they will move it to the counter," a Coles spokesman said. Ensure that the limit of 2 cans per person can be enforced. "
A Woolworths spokesman also said: "Woolworths has adjusted the limit to 2 cans per person, and will match all milk powder with safety locks, on the one hand, to prohibit theft and on the other hand to strictly enforce the purchase restriction policy."
As a result of the recent frenzy of purchasing agents, local parents' grievances have accumulated to the limit, and if this continues, conflict is inevitable. Moreover, the frequent appearance of purchasing agents in the news will also have an adverse impact on the image of the Chinese. Although it is important to make money, but learn to stop, otherwise it may lead to extremely bad consequences!