Shortage of infant formula in Australia

Proof of dairy product market buoyancy has come from Australia, where parents are trying to cope with an infant formula shortage.

Supermarket shelves are being stripped clean of Danone Nutricia’s Karicare and Aptamil brands of formula.

The shortage comes despite a Woolworths four-can limit on purchases, imposed after it was revealed last year that Chinese students were buying it in bulk to send to China.