New baby formula stock has once again caused chaotic scenes in a supermarket in Melbourne, with employees having to remove the product to avoid escalation.

Shoppers at Box Hill Woolworths can be seen pushing and shoving each other out of the way as they try to grab the valuable tins in a video surfacing on social media.

The footage shows a large group congregating around a single aisle focusing their efforts on one particular brand of formula.

Baby formula causes violent scrum in Melbourne supermarket (9News)

People are flung to the ground with staff forced to intervene and withdraw the stock and placing it back into storage.

A Woolworths spokeswoman told 9News.com.au that "the team moved quickly and withdrew the stock from the aisle."

"The safety of our customers and team members is our priority and this type of behaviour is clearly unacceptable."

Woolworths assured customers that mothers who needed formula would not go without, with plenty of stock in storage at the Box Hill Store.

"We will continue to closely manage flow of stock so our customers can have access to formula when they need it," the spokeswoman said.

Australian baby formula products are extremely popular with Chinese buyers following a spate of poisoning scares there.

Shoppers scramble over each other to get to the tins of baby formula. (9News)

As a result, mothers in China put a high value on tins bought from Australian supermarkets and chemists.

Snapping up tins of the formula from Australian supermarkets has become a lucrative business for professional buyers known as Daigous

Some are understood to make more than $100,000 per year.

A series of videos have been shared showing the frenzy caused in stores.

The tins can bring exorbitant prices on the Chinese market. (9News)

Last October, footage emerged showing at least 50 people queuing to strip the shelves of tins at a store in Melbourne's east.

Following the video’s release, Woolworths announced it would cut its baby formula limit from eight tins per customer to two.

Some sellers can make more than $100,000 per year.

A single tin might cost around $30 in Australia, but has an on-sale value of $100 in China.