A SHIPMENT of specially-formulated milk powder for Chinese children has been successfully delivered from New Zealand to Shanghai by Intramar Freight (NZ) Ltd and the U-Freight Group (UFL), and is now on sale in China.

Transported in a 40-foot ocean container, the consignment underwent extremely rigorous examination upon arrival by China Inspection & Quarantine (CIQ) officials, says Intramar's managing director of Auckland, Iain Dick.

"We have been working on milk powder exports to China for some time. The shipment of our first 40-foot container underwent a very rigorous examination by CIQ, which opened each and every carton (2,998 of them) and then physically checked each can inside each carton," said Mr Dick.

"Orders placed via the website of our client, Diamond Milk Formulas are automatically transferred to UFL for pick, pack and despatch."

The Taimana stage 1, 2 and 3 milk powder formula was developed by Queenstown-based Diamond Milk Formulas, a registered exporter with the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

All milk powder importers must be registered with the Chinese authorities and it has recently been announced that no new registrations will be accepted after May 1 2014, an Intramar statement said.