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Nestlé Stops Buying Milk From Robert Mugabe's Wife

October 2009 | Company News Alert

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Keen to avoid a political fracas, food and drink behemoth Nestlé has discontinued sourcing milk in Zimbabwe from a farm owned by the wife of long-serving President Robert Mugabe. The firm turned to the controversial source after a privately-owned marketing company that controlled the country's dairy industry proved to be incapable of making purchases during the crisis.