Comment by greatgib

Uk, France and European product are big historical producers of dairy products. So you can't tell me that ingredients have to be imported from China because they are not available locally, or because China would provide a better quality for them... And the proof that it is not the case is that indeed the contaminated ingredients are coming from China.

The point is that somehow someone made the decision that there was a few cents of benefit to make to outsource the sourcing in China despite the risk, the environmental impact and the violation of customer trust about the safety of the product.