Yang Gang, CPPCC Member and AQSIQ deputy director, said in an interview that the found rate of domestic dairy products' problem was 0.26% from 2011 to 2012 and the rate of imported dairy products' was 0.76%. Yang Gang expressed that from ...
Mead Johnson has booked an increase in full-year earnings, as sales from Asia and Latin America offset declines in Europe and North America. The company said yesterday (1 February) its 2012 net earnings totalled US$604.5m, or $2.95 per ...
Tags: baby formula maker, sales, baby food
The authorities in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Tianjin are examining the companies that import dairy products from New Zealand as the products may contain toxic chemical. The Quality watchdogs and Shanghai Customs stated that the products ...
Tags: dairy products, New Zealand, toxic chemical
Researchers at the University of Illinois, US, has a developed new method that uses bacteria to produce 2-fucosyllactose (2FL), a sugar found abundantly in human milk. This development could lead future research on the possibility of its ...
Tags: bacteria, human milk, future research, infant formula
Swiss food company Nestlé's $11.85bn deal to acquire Pfizer's infant nutrition business has received approval from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, a move which brings the company closer to completing the acquisition. ...
Tags: infant nutrition business, anti-trust bodies, baby food market
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 ...
Tags: baby food firms, media reports
The Infant Formula Exporters Association announced that Chinese authorities have rejected 270 tons of baby formula,of which 135 tons was from Australia and New Zealand. About three-quarters of the substandard imports were baby formula,of ...
Tags: baby formula, substandard, iodine content, iodine deficiency
Swiss food firm Nestlé has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pfizer's nutrition division, in a deal valued at $11.85bn, strengthening its position in the global nutrition market. The integration process of Pfizer ...
Tags: Nestlé, food, acquisition, infant nutrition
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it would not oppose Nestlé's $11.85bn deal to acquire Pfizer's infant nutrition business. However, the commission asked Nestlé to license its brand ...
Tags: ACCC, Nestlé, acquire, infant nutrition
The Malaysian Health Ministry is amending the existing food regulations to include recommended minimum and maximum iodine levels in infant formula. Health Ministry Food Safety and Quality senior director for Noraini Othman said the ...
Swedish-Danish cooperative Arla Foods and China's baby food maker Biostime International have entered into ten-year financing and supply agreement. Under the agreement,the two companies will co-invest a total of DKK163m($27.55m)to expand ...
Tags: financing, agreement, baby food, production capacity
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 ...
Tags: mercury-tainted, infant formula, food safety