CHINA: Melamine fall-out sours Mengniu results
By: just-food.com | 16 April 2009
China Mengniu Dairy Co. said today (16 April) that the business swung into the red last year due to the fall-out from the contaminated milk scandal that rocked the industry last autumn.
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China Mengniu Dairy Co. said today (16 April) that the business swung into the red last year due to the fall-out from the contaminated milk scandal that rocked the industry last autumn.
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