The State Administration for Market Regulation recently promulgated the Provisions on Further Strengthening the Supervision of Infant Cereal Supplementary Foods. The regulations point out that production enterprises that use rice as raw materials to produce infant cereal supplementary foods should inspect the lead, cadmium and other heavy metal items of each batch of rice; it is forbidden to produce infant cereal supplementary foods in separate packages; labels that indicate terms and patterns for infants and young children to eat" or "infants and young children over 6 months old" should be true and accurate, and their products should meet the requirements of the national food safety standards for the definition of "infant" or "young child". Details are as follows:
The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council recently released the news that since January 1, 2019, the provisional import tax rate has been implemented for 706 commodities, covering a variety of categories such as fresh food, clothing, chemical products, and medical devices. Common foods such as frozen cod have a provisional tax rate of 2% in 2019, a tentative tax rate of 7% for pecans, and zero tax rates for special infant milk powder such as partially hydrolyzed formulas of milk protein.
Recently, ZhiShijun has seen the news that milk at home and abroad has been tested unqualified, of which the domestic is Chenguang, and the foreign is the French milk brand "J'aimele lait d'ici"! The reason for the non-conformity of both is related to the uncontrolled sanitary conditions in the production or storage and transportation process!
On December 24, in the morning, The Hong Kong-listed China Shengmu issued an announcement that it had signed an investment agreement with Mengniu on December 23 to sell 51% of the equity of Inner Mongolia Shengmu Hi-Tech Dairy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shengmu Hi-Tech) to Mengniu for 303 million yuan, and the remaining 49% was still held by China Shengmu. In the industry's view, the Holy Shepherd, who once hovered in a huge loss situation, was finally "unwinding" in sight.
The 2018 formula registration of Australian net red milk powder is very embarrassing, A2 milk powder only got one to the initial strain formula registration, Bellamy bald head. Before New Year's Day, it is unlikely that a new batch of formula registration lists will be announced, but some brands from Europe have gone through all the procedures and are waiting for the final signature. Australian brands have to wait a long time, because before the Spring Festival, their opportunities are gone.
U.S. oat milk sales have surged nearly 50 percent in the past year, while traditional milk sales have fallen 2.8 percent and skim milk has fallen 16.5 percent, according to Nielsen data. Oatly, a granola milk manufacturer, sold out some of its products in the United States. Analysts say this is something that the entire traditional dairy industry needs to worry about. As more and more Americans begin to shift to new lifestyles, not only has milk itself been abandoned by many people, but there are also emerging products in "milk substitutes" that are rapidly emerging.
On December 26, Yantang Dairy, a veteran dairy company in Guangdong, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xin'ao Ranch, was fined 5.3955 million yuan by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources for occupying basic farmland.
Recently, PepsiCo announced the separation of the leadership of the North American snack and beverage business, promoting two COOs to CEOs in their respective business units – Vivek Sankaran will become the CEO of Frito-Lay, a snack food company owned by PepsiCo, in North America, and Kirk Tanner will be the CEO of North American Beverages. Currently, the Food and Beverage business in North America is run by Albert P. Carey, CEO of PepsiCo North America. The latter has worked for PepsiCo for nearly 40 years and will retire in March 2019.
According to the Daily Economic News, Taiwanese food manufacturer Unity Enterprise announced the acquisition of South Korea's veteran beverage manufacturer Xiongjin Food. Unity will spend $229 million (about 1.576 billion yuan) to acquire a 74.8% stake in Xiongjin Foods. Unified strives to accelerate its expansion into the Asian market by acquiring Kumazu Foods' product development and marketing techniques while entering the Korean market. The relevant person in charge of the unified enterprise said that after the completion of the transaction, Xiongjin Food will become one of the powerful platforms for unified layout in the Asian market.
According to a recent CNBC report, people familiar with the matter revealed that Kraft Heinz and Mondelëz have entered the second round of Campbell Soup's international business bidding. In the first round of bidding, the valuation of Campbell Soup's international business reached about US$3 billion (about 20.65 billion yuan). In addition, Bain Capital, KKR and Fengtu Capital (Hong Kong) Limited also entered the second round of bidding.
Breast milk is the best food for babies, but the famous scientific journal Nature recently published a new study saying that if breastfeeding is more than 2 and a half years old, it is not conducive to the baby's intestinal health. Studies have shown that the 3 to 14 months after birth of the baby is the "developmental stage" of the intestinal flora, and various microfloras gradually colonize the baby's body, and the levels of breastfeeding and probiotic bifidobacteria are positively correlated. 15 to 30 months after the baby is born, the variety of foods ingested increases, and the intestinal flora enters a "transitional stage". After 30 months, the baby's diet becomes stable, and the intestinal flora enters a "stable stage", which is very similar to the intestinal microbiome composition of adults, and the most obvious feature is that the number of pachychal phylum strains that rapidly increases in the "transition phase" tends to be stable.