Carlyle investee Yashili hires safety experts to boost consumer confidence
China-based baby formula maker Yashili Group Co. - 17.3%-owned by US buyout firm Carlyle Group - has hired safety experts in an effort to build consumer confidence in its products, a lingering obstacle off the back of the 2008 melamine scandal.
Sales of whole dairy industry sharply dropped after the 2008 incident, in which some dairy companies mixed melamine in their products, ultimately resulting in the death of six infants and the hospitalization...
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