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. ...
China has halted all milk powder imports from New Zealand after a bacteria that could cause botulism was discovered in products from the country's biggest milk exporter Fonterra, South China Morning Post reported. China is the largest ...
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China’s stocks rose for a fifth day on Monday, continuing their longest stretch of gains in two months thanks to a services gauge that rose for the first time since March, Bloomberg reported. Shanghai Friendship Group (600827.SHA) and ...
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China, Vietnam and Russia have imposed an import ban on milk powder and whey protein from the New Zealand-based Fonterra after the dairy co-operative warned that a batch of whey powder produced in 2012 may be contaminated with bacteria that ...
8 local tempered glass manufacturers were ordered to suspend production after failing quality tests, the city's quality watchdog said yesterday. Their substandard products are now being recalled, added the Shanghai Quality and Technical ...
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Arla Foods, a global dairy company has developed a mobile packaging facility for milk powder using three 40ft containers to test new markets for the product in Africa. The container, which is 90m2 in total, is capable of receiving 40 ...
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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Chinese food companies are struggling to regain consumers' confidence in their products amid controversial food safety crises. Tainted milk powder, drainage oil, vegetables and fruits with pesticide residue, have remained some of the ...
Swiss food giant Nestlé has opened two new factories in China - a Yinlu Foods facility in Anhui Province and a Nescafé coffee factory in Shandong Province, with an investment of CHF319m ($336m) and CHF133m ($140.1m) ...
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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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has launched a probe into drug pricing at 60 domestic and international pharmaceutical companies, as the country expands its healthcare coverage, Financial Times reported. The ...
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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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Food processing industry requires great attention to be paid at every step. In this arena, removal of impurities like metal contaminants has become a common practice now-a-days. And to bring perfection in every product, a number of ...
Abraaj Group, a Dubai-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Danish Fan Milk International from the Emborg family from Aalborg together with the private equity fund Maj Invest Equity and the management. Fan Milk International ...
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About a third of the country's baby formula businesses will be axed, in what experts are calling a major consolidation of the industry. The government has been trying to revive the industry since the 2008 melamine scandal, but consumer ...
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