Sanlu Group

Sanlu Group
Native name
三鹿集团
Company typePrivate
IndustryDairy products
Founded16 February 1956
Defunct24 December 2008
FateBankruptcy after the 2008 Chinese milk scandal
Headquarters
Shijiazhuang, Hebei
,
China
Area served
China
Key people
Zhang Zhenling (Chairman)
ProductsMilk, infant formula, powdered milk
OwnerFonterra (43%)
Websitewayback.archive.org/*/http://www.sanlu.com/
Sanlu Group
Chinese三鹿集团
Literal meaningThree deer group
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSānlù Jítuán
Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese石家庄三鹿集团股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese石家莊三鹿集團股份有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShíjiāzhuāng Sānlù Jítuán Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

Sanlu Group CO., Ltd. (SJZSGCZ) was a Chinese dairy products company based in Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei.[1] It produced one of the oldest and most popular brands of infant formula in China.[2] New Zealand's Fonterra owned 43% of Sanlu.[3][4]

In September 2008, it was involved in an adulterated powdered milk scandal, affecting some 294,000 Chinese infants and killing six.[5] Their infant formula had been adulterated with melamine, which can cause kidney stones and other complications. It received a bankruptcy order from Shijiazhuang Court on 24 December 2008,[6][7] and several of its top managers were sentenced to long prison terms.[8]

  1. ^ "Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co Ltd." Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 12 October 2012. "Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co Ltd No.539, Heping West Road, Xinhua Di Shijiazhuang, 050071 China" – making it "中国河北省石家庄市市和平西路539号"
  2. ^ Sanlu decides to recall melamine-contaminated product, news.163.com (11 September 2008) (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "Fonterra And San Lu Reach Joint Venture Agreement". Scoop. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  4. ^ "新西兰恒天然购三鹿43%股份 合资公司欲上市" [Fonterra acquires 43% in Sanlu Group, IPO planned]. Xinhua (in Chinese). 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  5. ^ Hogg, Chris (2 December 2008). "Chinese dairy exports in decline". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ Sanlu, company in China milk scandal, declared bankrupt
  7. ^ "Sanlu bankrupt". Stuff.co.nz. NZPA. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  8. ^ Barboza, David (22 January 2009). "Death Sentences in Chinese Milk Case". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 December 2023.