- Friesland Foods
Infobox_Co-operative
company_name = Koninklijke Friesland Foods N.V.
company_
company_type =Cooperative
foundation =1879
location =Meppel , theNetherlands
num_employees = 14,582
industry = Food and Dairy
revenue = €5.075 billion in 2007
homepage = [http://www.frieslandfoods.com/ http://www.frieslandfoods.com]Royal Friesland Foods (
Koninklijk e Friesland Foods N.V.) is aNetherlands -based multinationalcooperative that develops, produces and sells brandeddairy products and fruit-based drinks. Royal Friesland Foods has a strong presence in Western Europe, Central Europe, West Africa and Southeast Asia.Royal Friesland Foods employs 18,000, of whom 12,500 work outside the Netherlands. The cooperative's leading brands are Appelsientje, Bonnet, Chocomel/Cécémel, Completa, CoolBest, Debic, DubbelFrisss, Dutch Lady, Extran, Frico, Friso, Foremost, Friesche Vlag, Frisian Flag, Fristi, Milli, NoyNoy, Peak, Pöttyös Túró Rudi, Rainbow, and Taksi.
Royal Friesland Foods is organized as a cooperative, with roots going back to
1879 . It has grown throughmergers andtakeovers , the most significant of which occurred in late 1997, when four Dutch dairy cooperatives joined to create the business in its current form.In December 2001 KFF NV acquired the Drinks & Diary division of
Numico including the brands Chocomel/Cécémel, Fristi and Extran.Royal Friesland Foods gained its current name in June 2004 after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands granted it the Royal status ("Koninklijk" in Dutch) in honour of its 125th anniversary. Prior to that, the company was known as Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods.
2008 baby milk scandal
In September 2008, the testing of
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) found that the “Dutch Lady” brand of strawberry flavoured milk manufactured in China to be contaminated withmelamine . This product has been recalled and destroyed. [http://www.ava.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/29135226-ECBA-41ED-AA07-8A8988408E08/21963/SUSPENSIONOFALLMILKANDMILKPRODUCTSFROMCHINA.pdf] Friesland Foods recalled all of its plastic-bottled milk in Hong Kong and Macau. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCL58EMBN1tqq6xujZlsaITAFpCQD93AESAO0]References
* [http://www.frieslandfoods.com/en/frieslandfoods/Pages/default.aspx Company website (English language version)]
* [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=129625 Royal Friesland Foods media release September 9 2004]
* "Dairy Industries International" July 2004 v69 i7 page 7 article about name change Wilmington International
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