双语时事：恒天然大举入股贝因美

2014-08-29 17:05:20来源：可可英语

　　The world's biggest milk supplier is teaming up witha Chinese partner to meet growing demand forinfant formula in China's NZ$18bn market.

　　全球最大的牛奶供应商恒天然(Fonterra)正在与中国企业合作，以满足中国对婴儿配方奶粉日益增长的需求。目前，中国奶粉市场的规模约为180亿新西兰元。

　　Auckland-based Fonterra announced a tender offerto acquire a 20 per cent stake in Hangzhou-basedBeingmate, which produces and sells baby foods.The companies also plan a joint venture to increasedistribution to China. In total Fonterra is investingNZ$615m, in what CEO Theo Spierings called a "game changer."

　　总部驻奥克兰的恒天然公布了一项收购要约，打算买入中国贝因美集团(Beingmate)20%的股份。此外，两家公司还计划成立一家合资企业，增大在华的分销力度。通过上述交易，恒天然总共将投资6.15亿新西兰元。该公司首席执行官西奥•史毕根斯(Theo Spierings)称这次交易将“改变游戏规则”。贝因美集团总部位于杭州，是一家生产和销售婴儿食品的公司。

　　The proposed partnership comes after a rough year for Fonterra due to a false safety alert.Last summer it recalled some of its milk shipments after identifying bacteria that can causebotulism, but later tests revealed no traces of the bacteria and the company was blamed forcausing "immediate grave concerns for consumers."

　　就在这一提议中的合作关系公布之前，恒天然刚刚因虚假的安全警报度过了十分艰难的一年。去年夏天，该集团在发现肉毒杆菌后召回了部分牛奶产品，但随后的检测却显示并未发现细菌踪迹。为此，恒天然因为“在短时间内(引发)消费者的严重关切”而受到谴责。

　　Fonterra said the partnership with Beingmate will promote "product quality and safetystandards in the infant formula market in China."

　　恒天然表示，与贝因美的合作将提高“中国婴儿配方奶粉市场的产品质量和安全标准。”

　　Chinese consumers have preferred foreign baby formula since a 2008 scandal in whichdomestic milk was deliberately adulterated with melamine, a byproduct of coal, in order tofake protein tests.

　　自从2008年爆出奶粉丑闻之后，中国消费者一直保持着对外国婴儿配方奶粉的偏好。在2008年的奶粉丑闻中，中国国内的牛奶为了在蛋白质含量测试中作弊，故意掺杂了一种名为“三聚氰胺”的煤炭副产品。

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