I don't know how to tell Chinese milk from other milk.

Fonterra has become further embroiled in the aftermath of the Chinese milk contamination scandal.

KKR's latest Chinese milk deal comes just as the country's top leaders are orchestrating an industry consolidation.

Consumer confidence in domestic Chinese milk powder has been low since the melamine contamination scandal in 2008.

Markets that have banned or recalled Chinese milk products include Japan, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The deal follows news last week that Danone was investing $550 million in Chinese milk powder maker Yashili International Holdings.

So far outside the mainland, only one child in Hong Kong has been stricken by illness blamed on the toxic Chinese milk.

Wayne Brown believes the concerns raised by Ms Rowarth about the plans and the Chinese milk market already being crowded miss the point.

The tiny Waikato town of Pokeno is set to become home to one of the first purposely-built Chinese milk powder plants in New Zealand.

Earlier this week it set standards for "ready to eat" bagged salads and the chemical melamine, which tainted Chinese milk in 2008.

- Singapore lifted a sales ban on 327 China-made food products that had been imposed following the discovery of melamine in Chinese milk.

Chinese milk powder makers Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group jumped 3.5 percent in Shanghai and China Mengniu Dairy climbed 4 percent in Hong Kong.