Danone offended statements of Agriculture Minister of the Russian Federation and demanded refutation – BFM.Ru

Nikolai Fyodorov said lie, which damages the reputation of Danone, said the French

The French group companies, food producers Danone indignant statement by the Minister of Agriculture of Russia, which criticized the business practices and the production of its enterprises. Danone statement posted on the Russian web site. “We demand a public refutation of false information discrediting us,” – said in a statement. See also: The Ministry of Agriculture, “Wimm-Bill-Dann” and “Unimilk” detrimental to the production of milk in the regions

Nikolai Fyodorov at the interregional meeting in Omsk on November 28 made some loud statements. According to him, foreign multinationals are detrimental rossiykomu milk producer, deceive consumers and pose a threat to the state as a whole. “In these [foreign] products a maximum of 20% of the milk, the rest – converted into milk mixture of coconut, palm oil and other additives”, – said the Minister (hereinafter – quotes by TASS). The minister asked the governors to pay attention “to the activities of such major manufacturers as” Wimm-Bill-Dann “(owned by Pepsi Co – approx. BFM.ru),« Unimilk “(is owned by Danone – BFM.ru) on the milk market, and allow them to extort money from the regions, to remove the “cream” with cheap raw materials, which produce our rather poor peasants. ” The dominance of these companies in the regions leads to the closure of local factories, a drop in purchase prices, unprofitability of milk production and reduce the number of livestock, said at the meeting, Director of Department of Animal Husbandry and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Labinov. “In Siberia is clearly manifested in the most developed regions of livestock – the Altai Territory, Novosibirsk, Omsk and other areas,” – he said. Nikolai Fyodorov said that the question is “not only a consumer fraud.” “These actions constitute a threat to the whole dairy industry in the region and the state as a whole. To this must be treated harshly and get to work on our corporate site by our rules, “- the minister said.

In Danone stated that Fedorov has accused the two largest food companies in Russia, Danone and PepsiCo (« Wimm Bill-Dann “)” in counterfeiting and harming Russian producers of milk ».

« We, Danone Russia, and all of our staff are deeply offended by this statement. We not only outraged by such statements the official, but regard them as a direct slander, causing damage to our reputation both in Russia and around the world, “- said in a statement.

Danone operates in Russia for more than 20 years . “[We] have come here to stay, and intend to continue to work for the benefit of our consumers, customers and suppliers,” – said the French. They recalled that Danone is represented in Russia 20 factories and more than 12 thousand employees. Total investments Danone and “Unimilk” in Russia is about $ 2 billion, said in a statement. “Every year, we pay billions of rubles in taxes in the budget of the Russian Federation” – recalled in Danone.