Danone’s Dumex Suspends Baby Health Plan on Bribery Claim
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Danone’s Dumex baby nutrition unit said it will take disciplinary measures and strengthen governance in China after a government body and state media accused it of paying doctors to drum up infant-formula sales.
The Danone unit paid medical workers in China’s northern city of Tianjin to promote its infant formula, the local government said yesterday. Dumex takes “full accountability” and plans to appoint new management while suspending a health-education program for Chinese mothers, it said in a statement.