Fonterra has temporarily suspended its consumer operations in Sri Lanka after it faced allegations that some of its milk products were contaminated. The protests comes after claims by the Sri Lankan authorities that some of Fonterra's ...
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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China has prepared a draft and submitted it to the country’s top officials to consolidate domestic infant formula manufacturers as part of its efforts to boost consumption ...
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Abbott Vietnam has expanded the recall of its Similac GainPlus Eye-Q products to include another 4,387 cans of infant formula over concerns of whey concentrate contamination with Clostridium botulinum. The products implicated in the ...
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China's top price regulator has imposed penalties on a local gold and jewelry industrial association and five jewelry firms in Shanghai for price-fixing practices, China News Service reported Monday. The National Development and Reform ...
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Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have announced ban on the import and sale of New Zealand-based Fonterra's products following a contamination scare. Earlier this month, Fonterra announced that the batches of whey protein, which is used for ...
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A double whammy of low consumer confidence in developed countries and lower growth in emerging markets combined to subdue Nestlé’s half yearly trading performance, figures published today reveal. The global food and drink ...
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China's consumer quality watchdog issued a warning Monday morning over two potentially tainted New Zealand-made Karicare-brand infant formula products because of botulism concerns. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, ...
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China's food watchdog, the State Food and Drug Administration, has released information on nearly 130 milk powder producers that are authorized to sell their products. It is also tightening regulation on the production of infant formula. ...
The infant formula industry is in the spotlight again after the launch of a price-fixing investigation into foreign and domestic milk powder makers and intensified government efforts to consolidate a nationwide hodgepodge of producers. ...
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Westland Milk Products, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has entered into infant formula market in China with the launch of its Westpro Nutrition infant nutrition range in Shanghai. The move forms part of the company's strategy to ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will publish a final rule amending the food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of bisphenol-A (BPA)-based epoxy resins as coatings in infant formula packaging because this use ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to publish a final rule amending the regulations on food additives to no longer provide for the use of bisphenol A (BPA)-based epoxy resins as coatings in infant formula packaging. Based on ...
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International infant formula producers in China have announced their plans to lower the prices, a move which comes after the government initiated an investigation into alleged price fixing by foreign firms. Danone said that it will lower ...
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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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The first thing customers see as they enter the basement of the Wal-Mart Qinghe store in Beijing is a mountain of imported milk cartons. Half a large stack of Euro-fit whole milk from Germany, selling at 9.9 yuan ($1.61) per box, is ...
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