Nestle vows action on 'dairy cheating'
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October 27, 2011, Thursday
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SWISS food giant Nestle is to work with its partner city in northeast China to improve dairy operations and will replace a manager accused of cheating farmers for years, a company executive said yesterday.
"Nestle does not tolerate cheating and is carefully investigating the matter," said Eldert Heijkoop, general manager of Shuangcheng Nestle Co, Nestle's joint venture in the city of Shuangcheng in Heilongjiang Province.
"A proverb says, 'where there is smoke, there is fire,'" Heijkoop said, adding that media reports let Nestle "see the smoke" and the company is "tracking down the fire."
Previous reports said that several milk-collecting stations run by Nestle in Shuangcheng have not been following government-mandated prices when paying local farmers.
Reports also said that the stations have been using a rounding system that favors the company when weighing farmers' milk.
Heijkoop said that Shuangcheng Nestle has reset its point-of-sale devices to make them more accurate and abolished the rounding method, adding that the company will replace the milk collection manager next week.
"Nestle's presence has boosted the development of the dairy industry, increased the city's fiscal revenues and made positive contributions toward industrial restructuring," said Shuangcheng's Communist Party of China chief Lu Zhimin.
"The Party committee and government attach great importance to the opinions of dairy farmers regarding the milk-collecting stations,"
An investigation found that several milk collectors adjusted POS devices to allow them to manipulate measurements, said Luan Xue, chief of Shuangcheng's animal husbandry bureau.
Shuangcheng will welcome supervision by placing a "fair scale" for weight verification in each of the 76 milk-collecting stations and launching service hotlines for farmers, Luan said.
The city is also organizing a vote for farmers to decide if station chiefs should remain or be replaced, Luan added.
A Nestle (China) Ltd spokesman said the company and Shuangcheng have mapped out a development plan for the industry, including mechanized production and larger dairy herds.
"Nestle does not tolerate cheating and is carefully investigating the matter," said Eldert Heijkoop, general manager of Shuangcheng Nestle Co, Nestle's joint venture in the city of Shuangcheng in Heilongjiang Province.
"A proverb says, 'where there is smoke, there is fire,'" Heijkoop said, adding that media reports let Nestle "see the smoke" and the company is "tracking down the fire."
Previous reports said that several milk-collecting stations run by Nestle in Shuangcheng have not been following government-mandated prices when paying local farmers.
Reports also said that the stations have been using a rounding system that favors the company when weighing farmers' milk.
Heijkoop said that Shuangcheng Nestle has reset its point-of-sale devices to make them more accurate and abolished the rounding method, adding that the company will replace the milk collection manager next week.
"Nestle's presence has boosted the development of the dairy industry, increased the city's fiscal revenues and made positive contributions toward industrial restructuring," said Shuangcheng's Communist Party of China chief Lu Zhimin.
"The Party committee and government attach great importance to the opinions of dairy farmers regarding the milk-collecting stations,"
An investigation found that several milk collectors adjusted POS devices to allow them to manipulate measurements, said Luan Xue, chief of Shuangcheng's animal husbandry bureau.
Shuangcheng will welcome supervision by placing a "fair scale" for weight verification in each of the 76 milk-collecting stations and launching service hotlines for farmers, Luan said.
The city is also organizing a vote for farmers to decide if station chiefs should remain or be replaced, Luan added.
A Nestle (China) Ltd spokesman said the company and Shuangcheng have mapped out a development plan for the industry, including mechanized production and larger dairy herds.
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