It has shown up in testing done on milk and yogurt, prompting at least two supermarket chains in Hong Kong to pull dairy products by Mengniu and Yili from store shelves, representatives from the companies told CNN Friday.

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The intelligence has induced Big Lots to expand consumables and home decor and abandon artificial flowers, to pull Nascar products from the West Coast and to stock four times as much liquid as powder detergent on the East Coast.

FORBES: Out of the Discard Bin

It has since swept across Europe, prompting supermarkets in numerous countries to pull processed meat products from their shelves.

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