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Dairy products at a supermarket in Xuchang, Henan province. Geng Guoqing / For China Daily |
BEIJING - China will tighten its regulation on baby formula after a recent scandal, an officialstatement said on Wednesday.All infant formula sold in China, including those purchased through cross-border e-commerce,must be registered with the country's food and drug authorities, said an online statement of thetariff department of the Ministry of Finance.
The new policy will take effect from 2018.
The government will publish a list of approved products, the statement said.