British shops ration baby milk as 'kiasu' Chinese snap up everything

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British shops are rationing sales of baby milk after Chinese visitors and bulk buyers cleared their shelves to send it to China, where many parents fear the local versions are dangerous.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC), whose members account for 80 per cent of the sector, said many stores had imposed a two-box limit on each customer to deter the "unofficial exports" to China.

Demand for foreign milk powder has been high in China since at least six infants died and 300,000 fell ill in 2008 after they drank milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine.

The scandal sapped consumer confidence in Chinese-made food and led to shortages of powdered milk in Hong Kong and Australia as people bought boxes to export to China.

The buyers include Chinese tourists and students who take a few cartons home with them or post them to relatives. There are also organised groups who buy large amounts of powder to export to China, one businessman involved in the trade told Sky News.