The European Commission has “put on hold” its investigation into the proposed acquisition of parts of the Netherlands food ingredients company GBI by Associated British Foods.
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The Commission put the delay down to the fact that certain information sought by Brussels had not arrived by the time of an inquiry deadline.
A spokeswoman for the Commission’s competition directorate said there was “no question of the investigation being called off – we’ve simply stopped the clock.”
The probe will be suspended until the information is delivered and the deadline for a decision – originally September 25 – will be extended correspondingly.
Both companies produce dry, compressed and liquid baker’s yeast.
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By GlobalDataBrussels said earlier this year that there were “serious doubts” over the deal because of “possible competition problems in particular on the market for compressed bakers’ yeast in Portugal, Spain and France.”
