Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Company
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Yili Group is a privately-owned company of dairy
industry in China
. It is engaged in processing
and manufacturing
of milk
products, including ice-cream, milk powder, milk tea powder, sterilized
milk and fresh
milk under "Yili" brand. It is headquartered in Hohhot
, Inner Mongolia
. Its main competitor in China is Mengniu
.
The company was an official sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
contained melamine
. Yili recalled tainted milk powders and apologised to the public. Shares in other listed dairy companies fell strongly the next day. On discovery that their liquid milk was also contaminated, Yili was stripped of its status as a 'Chinese national brand'.
Hong Kong and Singapore authorities ordered a recall of Yili products after 8 out of 30 tested positive for melamine. Mengniu, whose product tested negative in Hong Kong government tests, and Yili liquid milk was immediately de-listed by supermarket chains after tests showed that contaminated samples had been found on the mainland.
As of 18 September 2008, no one is believed to have been made ill because of the tainted yoghurt. However, Hong Kong doctors found a stone in the left kidney of a three-year-old girl who had been drinking the contaminated Yili milk for 15 months.
Dairy
A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting of animal milk—mostly from cows or goats, but also from buffalo, sheep, horses or camels —for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on a dedicated dairy farm or section of a multi-purpose farm that is concerned...
industry in China
China
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. It is engaged in processing
Food processing
Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry...
and manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
of milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
products, including ice-cream, milk powder, milk tea powder, sterilized
Sterilization (microbiology)
Sterilization is a term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media...
milk and fresh
Fresh
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milk under "Yili" brand. It is headquartered in Hohhot
Hohhot
Hohhot , is a city in north-central China and the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre....
, Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
. Its main competitor in China is Mengniu
Mengniu
China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited is a manufacturing and distribution company of dairy products and ice cream in the People's Republic of China...
.
The company was an official sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
2008 Chinese milk scandal
Yili was implicated in the baby milk scandal after tests found its infant formulaInfant formula
Infant formula is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-feeding from powder or liquid . The U.S...
contained melamine
Melamine
Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses....
. Yili recalled tainted milk powders and apologised to the public. Shares in other listed dairy companies fell strongly the next day. On discovery that their liquid milk was also contaminated, Yili was stripped of its status as a 'Chinese national brand'.
Hong Kong and Singapore authorities ordered a recall of Yili products after 8 out of 30 tested positive for melamine. Mengniu, whose product tested negative in Hong Kong government tests, and Yili liquid milk was immediately de-listed by supermarket chains after tests showed that contaminated samples had been found on the mainland.