PEPSICO NAMED ON CHINESE BLACKLIST

       Many foreign companies, including PepsiCo and Mead Johnson, from 25 countries have been blacklisted by a monthly report from the State Council watchdog in charge of product quality.
       Among the firms blacklisted, the most prominent was PepsiCo, which has its international branch based in New York. Nearly 38 tonnes of frozen concentrated orange juice that the firm allegedly imported from Louis Dreyfus Citrus Trading in Brazil in July were found with excessive years, according to the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Excessive yeast causes foods to spoil faster.
       The watchdog issues its report monthly and names unqualified imported goods. Though the listing has no economic impact on the firms listed, the banned products are either return-ed or destroyed.
       Mead Johnson, the plarmaceutical manufacturer based in Illinois, allegedly imported 300 kilograms of baby formula in July with substandard protein.
       Some 150 other batches of food, beverages and dosmetics from more than 20 countries were also deemed unqualified in July. A quarter of the substandard products came from the US.