A second foreign manufacturer of baby formula is planning price cuts amid an investigation by China's top economic planner. Dumex, part of France's Danone group, said Thursday it was preparing a price reduction proposal. On Wednesday, ...
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Wyeth Nutrition, the infant formula company bought by Nestle last year, is cutting prices in China, the first such move since it was one of five foreign infant milk formula companies put under investigation for possible price-fixing. ...
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China Mengniu Dairy is set to purchase a 75.3% stake in Yashili International for $1.6bn from its controlling shareholders, Zhang International Investment and CA Dairy Holdings. Yashili is currently one of the largest domestic pediatric ...
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China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire 75.3% stake in infant formula manufacturer Yashili, from chairman Zhang Lidian's family and Carlyle Group, for HK$12.5bn ($1.6bn). As part of this transaction, Yashili's controlling shareholders, ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to establish a milk processing facility in China by the end of 2016, in order to enter into the country's infant milk formula market. The proposed milk processing facility ...
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Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) has announced that the initial tests conducted on baby milk formula imported from New Zealand have not shown any traces of potentially hazardous substance dicyandiamide (DCD). The Food and Drug ...
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Yashili International,a manufacturer of infant milk formula products in China,plans to establish a milk processing facility in New Zealand with an investment of CNY1.1bn($175m). Yashili New Zealand Dairy,a a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...
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The New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed that several Chinese-made baby food firms are falsely claiming that their product is produced in New Zealand. This problem was identified after nearly 20 Chinese baby ...
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Dairygold Co-Operative, Ireland’s leading farmer owned dairy business, plans to invest EUR120m over the next eight years to boost its milk processing capacity. Currently, the co-operative processes 29 million liters of milk per ...
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Codex Alimentarius Commission,the UN food standards body,has unveiled new safety standards for food products,which includes the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula,in order to ensure food safety. The Commission is responsible ...
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Philippines has banned mercury-tainted infant formula from China,as a part of its effort to ensure food safety in the country. This move comes after China's product quality watchdog's recent announcement that high levels of mercury were ...
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