UPDATE: NETHERLANDS: EU approval cheers Friesland, Campina

By: just-food.com | 17 December 2008

Friesland Foods and Campina, the Dutch dairy groups set to merge to create a EUR9.1bn (US$12.85bn) giant, today (17 December) welcomed EU clearance of the deal - but expressed "regret" that parts of their operations will have to be sold.

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Friesland Foods and Campina, the Dutch dairy groups set to merge to create a EUR9.1bn (US$12.85bn) giant, today (17 December) welcomed EU clearance of the deal - but expressed "regret" that parts of their operations will have to be sold.

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