Adds remark from Danone
MEXICO CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Mexico’s economic system ministry has suspended the sale of over 20 dairy merchandise for breaching requirements, together with gadgets bought underneath Mondelez Worldwide Inc’s MDLZ.O Philadelphia model and pure yogurt made by France’s Danone DANO.PA.
Of the 19 cheese manufacturers affected, the violations included erroneously claiming to be “100% milk,” utilizing vegetable fats to switch milk, and offering a decrease web content material in grams than marketed on the packaging, the ministry stated late on Tuesday.
Mondelez stated on Wednesday the ministry’s order didn’t have an effect on Philadelphia delicate cheese and associated to 2 varieties of processed cheese marketed underneath that label.
Mondelez stated it was stunned by the order, calling it “completely unfounded,” and damaging to the model.
It stated it had not been promptly notified by the ministry on the beginning of the executive process and that it will maintain a “cordial dialogue” with authorities to clear issues up.
Different corporations affected by the cheese ban included Grupo Lala LALAB.MX, a serious Mexican producer of dairy produce.
The economic system ministry stated the bans on pure yogurt utilized to the Danone Bene Gastro and Danone Pure merchandise.
The merchandise had been recognized because of the addition of sugars and for failing to fulfill minimal milk content material, it stated.
Danone stated it had earlier this month changed the labels on the 2 merchandise singled out by client safety officers, and had communicated these modifications to the authorities.
In mild of that step, the choice to droop the merchandise was “premature,” Danone stated in an announcement. The corporate remained open to resolve any excellent points, it added.
(Reporting by Raul Cortes, Ana Isabel Martinez and Sharay Angulo Writing by Dave Graham, Modifying by Nick Zieminski and Tom Brown)
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