Chinese authorities on Friday released a work plan to encourage merging and corporate reorganization among domestic baby-formula producers to ensure the healthy development of the troubled dairy industry.
An Australian company which has gained access to China's newly regulated infant formula market said the registration process was "extremely intense," local media reported on Friday.
U.S. health officials on Monday finalized manufacturing guidelines for infant formula makers that aim to ensure products sold for babies meet certain quality controls to keep them safe.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited announced the appointment of Robert Spurway to the role of Managing Director Global Operations, a newly-created position on Fonterra’s management team.
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Australia’s dairy food company Devondale Murray Goulburn has invested A$19m ($17.5m) in the expansion of its Koroit facility, in a move to cater to the growing demand for infant formula powder.
The UK's R&R Ice Cream Plc said on Tuesday it will buy Australian rival Peters Food Group Ltd from its private equity owner in a deal Australian media valued at about A$450 million ($416.21 million).
Nestle is buying back milk powder factories in Latin America, significantly scaling down a joint venture with Fonterra , the New Zealand dairy group whose reputation was damaged by a food safety scare last year.
The Ministry of Finance’s Decision 1079 will cap the prices of all formula milk for children below six instead of just 25 products as it does now, the head of the ministry’s Price Management Department, Nguyen Anh Tuan, told Saigon Giai Phong.
Heinz is reinvigorating its savoury cereal dinners range with three new flavours and a packaging refresh, to reflect consumer demand and to recruit new mums into the market.
To build on consumer macro trends of healthy eating and busier lives, Urban Fruit has announced the launch of a new smaller 35g impulse format to its range.
Synutra International, which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, distribute and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, today announced unaudited preliminary fourth quarter and full year 2014 results.
Dutch dairy co-operative Royal FrieslandCampina has entered into exclusive talks with China Huishan Dairy Holdings to create joint venture (JV) to produce, market and sell infant milk formula in the People’s Republic of China.
