Milk tea brand pulled from shelves in China after alarm its packaging strongly resembles laundry detergent bottles

A brand of milk tea has been pulled from the shelves in China due to the striking resemblance of its packaging to laundry detergent bottles, after alarmed consumers feared it could mislead children into drinking cleaning liquid.

The Thai-style milk tea, produced by Nanyeli Thai Food Restaurant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, eastern China, is packaged with Thai characters printed on the label in bottles which look exactly like those used by common laundry liquids and other cleaning products, with a similar handle and lid, new site Jimu News reported.