"Hong Kong has been stabilizing the supply of powdered milk since the implementation of the restriction on formula milk powder departure measures. The SAR Government will conduct a review and stress test in October. If it shows that the measures are effective, the restrictions will be revoked." According to Xinhua News Agency, the Hong Kong SAR Government Food and Sanitation Commissioner Gao Yongwen said in Hong Kong yesterday.

Gao Yongwen told the media after attending the Opening Ceremony of the Member's Office on the same day that the committee set up by the SAR government, industry, and the community on July 3 has started work to formulate guidelines and standards to submit proposals for improving formula milk supply chain to the SAR government.

Starting in January this year, the supply of formula milk powder in Hong Kong has begun to tighten. The SAR Government has implemented the “Limiting Belt Order” for milk powder since March to restrict people who leave Hong Kong from carrying more than two cans of formula milk powder. This measure will quickly protect Hong Kong's market supply and overcome the "milk powder shortage". At the same time, it will also cause Hong Kong's milk powder sales volume to drop significantly.

A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau said on 3 July that the SAR Government will consider repealing the restriction when the improvement measures prove effective and sustainable operation.

News Background <br> <br> violation "milk limit order" two years' imprisonment because the mainland Chinese infant milk powder had melamine and other quality problems, the relative quality of the milk people of Hong Kong and Macao and overseas assured that in recent years, Chinese mainland consumers Through various channels, directly or indirectly buying milk powder for infants and young children in Hong Kong, Macao and overseas retail markets, causing shortage of supply in some areas, especially the milk powder market in Hong Kong and Macau.

In order to restrict the rush to buy milk powder, infant milk powder should be properly reserved to local residents. The Hong Kong SAR has implemented a “milk restriction order” since March 1 this year: Persons over 16 years of age who leave Hong Kong must not carry infants weighing more than 1.8 kg each day. Infant formula milk powder, which is equivalent to two cans of ordinary 900 grams of powdered milk, was found guilty of a maximum fine of HK$500,000 and imprisonment for two years.

On the day of the “Limited Milking Order” on March 1, the Customs and Excise Department cracked 10 cases of irregularities and arrested 10 people.

At the end of March, Gao Yongwen, director of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s Food and Health Bureau, said that the measures for restricting the export of infant formula milk powder are to ensure that local parents can purchase sufficient formula for infants and young children. Only when the following four conditions are met, the SAR Government will consider whether to withdraw the restrictions on the withdrawal of restricted powdered milk: Hong Kong's overall milk powder supply is adequate, the order hotline is perfect, retail outlets are effectively replenished and orders can be accepted.