Mead Johnson (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. held a press conference at its production base in Guangzhou, during which the head of the National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center announced that all products in Mead Johnson’s Enfa series had passed recent quality inspections.
Mead Johnson China has consistently supported and cooperated with relevant authorities in conducting random inspections of its products across various provinces and cities nationwide. In recent inspections conducted by the Guangzhou Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute and the Haikou Administration for Industry and Commerce, all Mead Johnson products were found to be qualified. During the same period, the National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center also carried out relevant tests on Mead Johnson products according to national sampling methods, confirming that the products fully comply with national food safety standards.
In 2005 alone, Mead Johnson underwent more than 40 random inspections by relevant government departments, involving over 60 batches of products covering all Mead Johnson products currently on sale. All Mead Johnson products successfully passed these tests. At the press conference, Ms. Yuan Xiaomei, Deputy Director of the National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, stated: "The above indicates that the product quality of Mead Johnson China meets national infant formula safety standards, and consumers can use them with confidence." Ms. Yuan also mentioned: "After the product recall incident in the U.S., Mead Johnson proactively reported progress to national departments and promptly informed the public of relevant information. This practice is a concrete manifestation of a responsible corporate citizen, and is very worthy of learning by other enterprises, especially food companies. This not only does no harm to the company's reputation but will instead deepen consumer trust."
"Strict quality safety systems are the most important guarantee for Mead Johnson's success in the Chinese market. The achievements of Mead Johnson are based on the trust and support of government departments and the broad consumer base. In the recent consumer survey conducted by 'Weekly Dairy Express,' Mead Johnson was selected as the most favored infant formula by mothers and babies. This shows that the rigorous attitude towards product quality safety maintained by Mead Johnson China has won the trust of a wide range of consumers," said a Mead Johnson representative at the meeting. "Mead Johnson will continue to adhere to the unchanging principle of 'caring for every step of life's healthy journey' and remain committed to providing the best nutrition for the growth of Chinese infants."
On this occasion, Mead Johnson also invited Dr. Edward John Birch, Associate Professor of Food Science from Otago University in New Zealand, to inspect the Mead Johnson production line. At the press conference, Dr. Edward John Birch highly praised Mead Johnson's high-standard production system, stating: "Mead Johnson's quality control system is planned according to international highest standards, having passed ISO9000 certification and reaching BSI standards."
After the press conference, Mead Johnson invited relevant domestic government departments and media to visit its production process, verifying on-site that Mead Johnson China's products are domestically produced, packaged, and sold domestically.
"Full-process Safety" Provides Optimal Product Security
To comprehensively ensure product quality and safety, Mead Johnson China applies an industry-leading "full-process safety" system, providing the most comprehensive product security guarantees to Chinese consumers from raw material control, production processes, to circulation and sales.
Strict Raw Material Quality Control and Inspection Standards
Mead Johnson China enforces strict standards throughout the procurement, production, and testing of raw materials, fully ensuring product quality and safety. In terms of raw material procurement, every batch of imported raw materials used by Mead Johnson China must pass strict inspections by relevant national departments before being allowed for domestic production. After importation, Mead Johnson China further confirms that they meet a series of safety and nutritional inspection standards before being put into production.
During product testing, Mead Johnson uses advanced detection and analysis instruments to conduct detailed physical and chemical, microbial tests, and sensory evaluations on each batch of finished products, strictly reviewing production records and online inspection results. Meanwhile, each product and packaging form undergoes formulation verification and process verification according to Mead Johnson's global uniform standards, ensuring compliance with World Health Organization standards and Chinese regulatory standards. Mead Johnson also conducts shelf-life stability tests and trend analyses for each formulation, ensuring the validity of the product's shelf life, and collaborates with provincial, municipal, and local health supervision departments for market sampling and supervisory inspections, striving to provide the most reliable and high-quality products to consumers.
Producing Infant Formula According to GMP Standards for Pharmaceutical Industry
Mead Johnson China plans production, facilities, supply engineering, and warehousing areas according to GMP standards for the pharmaceutical industry, implementing the ISO9001-2000 quality management system, and strictly operates according to the HACCP food safety management system. Based on advanced facilities and leading detection technologies, it implements strict controls over the production process and environmental hygiene, and conducts comprehensive risk assessments and preventive quality assurance on raw material selection and acceptance, production processes, product inspections, transportation, and sales.
Its production technology, processes, and quality assurance not only fully meet the advanced levels of production management norms for infant formula powder but also fully reach national food hygiene safety standards and conform to the strict requirements of the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding infant and young child food hygiene regulations.
Strict Control Over Circulation Links
In addition to strictly enforcing the quality control system, Mead Johnson China also exercises strict control over the circulation and usage links. Last year, Mead Johnson was the first in the industry to launch a product tracking system and digital anti-counterfeiting system, which can effectively monitor the circulation of products and help consumers confirm genuine Mead Johnson products.
As an internationally renowned nutritional products manufacturer with a history of over a hundred years, Mead Johnson has always adhered to the principle of "caring for every step of life's healthy journey" and will continue to promote the continuous optimization of the entire infant formula market consumption environment with "full-process safety" as the goal, providing the best products and optimal services to consumers.
About Mead Johnson
Founded in 1905 by Edward Mead Johnson, the current headquarters is located in Evansville, Indiana, USA, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Group. To date, Mead Johnson has nearly a hundred years of history and is one of the world's largest multinational enterprises producing nutritional products. It provides high-quality nutritional products to people around the world, which is Mead Johnson's unwavering service philosophy. Mead Johnson has production bases on all continents globally, and its nutritional products are marketed in over a hundred countries and regions, earning the trust of millions of medical experts and mothers, making it a "world-class nutritional expert."