A fire that broke out at FrieslandCampina’s cheese manufacturing facility in the Netherlands yesterday has still not been contained, the dairy giant has told just-food.

The facility in Gerkesklooster in the north of the country remains closed and production has stopped. No staff were injured in the incident.

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“We don’t yet know the cause and this is still under investigation,” a spokesperson for FrieslandCampina told just-food.

Production of milk has been moved to another of FrieslandCampina’s facilities.

“We are investigating the possibilities of restarting production at the site as quickly as possible,” the spokesperson added.

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