Baby Food Maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Company Opens Probe of China Bribes

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. (MJN), the U.S. infant food maker that gets almost a third of sales from China, is investigating whether bribes may have been paid by its Chinese unit. The internal probe is looking at whether the unit paid bribes, possibly violating Chinese and U.S. law, to promote the sale of its products, the Glenview, Illinois-based company said in a statement today. The investigation was started at the request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is being handled by an outside law firm.

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