Backyard warehouses are storing pallets of baby formula tins ready to be sent to the Chinese black market.
Seven News sent their cameras to the remote industrial warehouses in Sydney and were promptly yelled at by the owners.
When reporter Krystal Etherington asked a woman working inside the storage facility what they were doing with the formula she promptly shielded her face and said ‘no!’
Footage has already been released by the network showing buyers stripping the shelves of formula before swiftly exiting the supermarket.
The overwhelming amount of baby formula is then shown in piles on the ground of the warehouses
The booming market forced supermarkets to take action and enforce limits on the number of tins bought in the one hit, but it was unable to stop the booming business
Seven News sent their cameras to the remote industrial warehouses and were promptly yelled at by the owners
When reporter Krystal Etherington asked a woman working inside the storage facility what they were doing with the formula she promptly shielded her face and said ‘no!’
The overwhelming amount of baby formula is then shown in piles on the ground of the warehouses.
The expose is the most recent insight into the multi-million dollar industry known as the ‘daigous’ market.
Powderered milk and baby formula from Australian supermarkets has earned opportunistic exporters top dollar.
The expose is the most recent insight into the multi-million dollar industry known as the ‘daigous’ market
Powderered milk and baby formula from Australian supermarkets has earned opportunistic exporters top dollar
The Chinese black market will pay top dollar for Australian baby formula
Chinese nationals have sold the product in bulk back home, where local milk-poisoning scandals led to a huge demand for Australian dairy products.
Chinese locals have paid top dollar for the baby formula – further stimulating the market.
The booming market forced supermarkets to take action and enforce limits on the number of tins bought in the one hit, but it was unable to stop the business as more and more backyard warehouses continued to crop up.
One Brisbane mother grew so fed up with the shortage, she took matters into her own hands
Buyers are seen buying the baby formula products in bulk, before reselling them to the Chinese market
The Chinese black market left Australian parents empty handed.
With little product on the shelves, Australian parents were pushed to the limit.
One Brisbane mother grew so fed up with the shortage, she took matters into her own hands.
Jessica Hook, 27, last month publicly shamed a group of daigous shoppers after she caught them stripping supermarket shelves.
She posted footage of the shoppers piling baby formula into their cars while saying ‘it’s just always a particular demographic, they come in groups, work as a team and clear the shelves.’
The Brisbane mother posted footage of the shoppers piling baby formula into their cars while saying ‘it’s just always a particular demographic, they come in groups, work as a team and clear the shelves’