| Year | Incident | Involved companies |
| 2008 | Melamine Scandal. Melamine was detected in the formula milk powder. Other well-known companies were also found to have used melamine to increase the apparent protein content of products. | Sanlu Group, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd, Synutra International Inc, Yashili International Group Co., LTD and so on. In total, over 20 companies were involved. |
| 2009 | BDPs were contaminated by a prohibited carcinogen, flavacin M1, which is a food mould that can cause severe liver damage or even liver cancer. | Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group. |
| 2011 | Products were found to contain an excessive amount of aflatoxin that can cause liver cancer. | Bright Dairy and Hunan AVA Dairy. |
| 2013 | The sale of out-of-date infant formula milk. Infant formula milk, which had passed its use-by date, was repackaged and sold under the brand name of Hero Nutradefense infant formula. | Xile Lier import and export company. |
| 2015 | It was detected that aflatoxin M1 in the infant formula milk powder exceeded the standard. | Shanxi Gucheng Dairy Group Co., Ltd. |
| Companies found to be victim of unqualified labels and unqualified trace element content. | FeiHe, LongDan, GaoYuanZhiBao, TaiZiLe and other domestic enterprises. | |
| 2016 | The milk powder was found to contain Enterobacter sakazakii exceeding legal limits and the total number of colonies was not qualified. | Heshui Guxiang Dairy Co., Ltd., Hulunbeir Obijia Dairy Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Jinniu Dairy Co., Ltd., Ningxia Hongguo Dairy Industry Co., Ltd., Jiabili (Hunan) Food Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Meiliyuan Dairy Co., Ltd., Guangdong Yabais (Shenzhen) Dairy Co., Ltd. and many others. |
| 2017 | Enterobacter sakazakii was found exceeding the legal limits. | Hengxin Lejian (Xiamen) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. |