Meiji Co., Ltd. ( 株式会社明治 , Kabushiki-gaisha Meiji ) , formerly Meiji Dairies Corporation ( 明治乳業株式会社 , Meiji Nyūgyō Kabushiki-gaisha ) , is a Japanese food company. It was a major dairy industry company established in 1917. Apart from dairy products like milk , ice cream , and cheese , their lineup includes sports drinks , pizza , chocolate bars and food supplements like "Toromeiku", described as a "food viscosity preparation". It has a joint venture in Thailand with Charoen Pokphand to market dairy products.
6-605: On April 1, 2009, Meiji Seika and Meiji Dairies established a holding company, Meiji Holdings , which is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index. Two years later on the day, Meiji Dairies took over the food and healthcare business of Meiji Seika, and became a food company with legal name Meiji Co., Ltd. It is a confectionery company that manufactures a wide range of products including Hello Panda and Yan Yan . Its competitors include Ezaki Glico , Kabaya , Lotte Confectionery and Morinaga . On December 6, 2011, radioactive caesium
12-462: A joint holding company, Meiji Holdings, which is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 index. Two years later on the day, the food and healthcare business was taken over by Meiji Dairies to form "Meiji Co., Ltd.", and Meiji Seika was reorganized to a pharmaceutical company "Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd." In 2014 Meiji acquired Medreich for $ 290 million, an Indian company active in selling generic pharmaceuticals to Europe, Asia and Africa. This article about
18-677: Is a Japanese pharmaceutical company. It is currently a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings and a Japanese leader in the area of infectious disease with 18% market share. It markets treatments for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, vaccines and allergy drugs. Meiji Pharma is doing research in generic anticancer drugs and biosimilars with partner organisations. They acquired the Stauffer Biscuit Company based in York, Pennsylvania , US, in 2004. On April 1, 2009, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. and Meiji Dairies Corporation established
24-519: The contaminated milk who were presumably already exposed to the external radiation originally unleashed in the March disaster . Meiji Dairies voluntarily recalled 400,000 cans of formula. The radioactive contamination was originally discovered by a citizen's group in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture as far back as November but the company found itself unable to act immediately upon receiving
30-663: The information. Meiji owns the United States cookie manufacturer D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Company based in York, Pennsylvania . This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This food and/or confectionery corporation or company-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Meiji Seika Pharma Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. ( Meiji Seikaファルマ株式会社 , Meiji Seika Faruma Kabushiki gaisha ) , formerly Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. ( 明治製菓株式会社 , Meiji Seika Kabushiki-gaisha )
36-638: Was found in the Meiji baby formula. The level of contamination was lower than the Japanese government's allowable limit of 200 becquerels per kilogram, which is 50 becquerels higher than the limit applied in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster . The company made the controversial claim that the infant milk was "within safety limits" and that it "didn't pose a health risk", despite a potentially large number of infants suffering internal radiation through ingesting
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