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France's Lactalis Gets Go-Ahead To Reopen Plant After Tainted Milk Scandal

French authorities have given dairy giant Lactalis permission to resume selling baby milk from a factory that was closed after salmonella-contami...

South Africa's Aspen Sells Infant Formula Business To Lactalis

African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare has agreed to sell its infant formula business to French dairy group Lactalis for 12.9 billion rand (€750 million),...

French Tainted Milk Scandal Widens As Macron Calls In Retailers

President Emmanuel Macron said he ordered ministers to meet with retailers including Carrefour and Casino to discuss the failure to withdraw dairy company...

Lactalis Buys Siggi's Icelandic-Style Yogurt

French dairy giant Lactalis has bought the US-based Icelandic-style yogurt maker Siggi’s for an undisclosed price. Siggi’s was founded by Si...

Lactalis Acquires Brazilian Dairy Company Itambé

French dairy company Lactalis is set to acquire Itambé, a Brazilian dairy group, from rural producers’ cooperative CCPR. The value of the t...

Lactalis Expands Local Dairy Production In Brazil By 30%

French dairy company Lactalis intends to increase its productivity at its milk plants in Brazil by 30% within the next year. Guilherme Portella, Lactali...

Barilla Ranked Top Selling Packaged Brand In Italy: IRI

Sales of packaged products in the grocery retail channel in Italy reached €55.6 billion in 2016, up 0.6% in value and 0.9% in volume, with Italian foo...

Big Cheese Meets Big Stink in Parmalat Buyout Battle: Gadfly

France's king of milk wants to gobble up the last remains of Parmalat, the Italian dairy giant that collapsed amid an accounting scandal more than a decade...