FrieslandCampina Hong Kong is recognised as �Diamond Award Enterprise� and attained 3 Stars of Efficient Consumer Response Index in GS1HK Quality Food Traceability Scheme 2019

Mr. Gary Siu, Operations Director of FrieslandCampina Hong Kong (Left) received ‘Diamond Award Enterprise’ at
the award ceremony of Quality Food Traceability Scheme 2019 from Hon Peter
Shiu, Legislative Councilor and Deputy Chairman of Panel on Food Safety and
Environmental Hygiene (Right).�

HONG KONG,
CHINA - Media OutReach - 29
August 2019 - FrieslandCampina (Hong Kong) Limited (“FCHK”) is
honoured to be recognised as ‘Diamond Award Enterprises’ in GS1HK’s Quality
Food Traceability Scheme 2019 (the “Scheme”) for the second consecutive year
and attained 3 Stars, the highest rank of the newly added Efficient Consumer
Response (“ECR”) Index (the “index”), recognising FCHK’s professionalism in
implementing food safety and traceability standards in its supply chain
management.

With professional audit performed by
GS1 Hong Kong, the assessment criteria are mainly evaluated in accordance with
Global Traceability Standard, with cross reference to Global Food Safety
Initiative-recognised food safety standards. The 12 audit criteria are under 4
key focus perspectives on scope, procedures, resource management and
supervisory control. Audit criteria of the index are developed according to the
Global ECR, to evaluate company’s capabilities on supply chain execution
efficiency in supporting traceability, including business operation, system,
file processing and product recognition.

FCHK has maintained a presence in Hong
Kong for over 80 years during which time it has remained committed to
nourishing the lives of people across all ages in Hong Kong and the market we
serve with its full range of high quality and nutritious dairy products backed
by dairy expertise from the Netherlands. FCHK and its mother company
FrieslandCampina put product safety and quality assurance across the entire supply
chain, from member dairy farm right through to distribution, as the utmost
priority. While its mother company FrieslandCampina applies a standardised
supply chain management in line with internal and international standard across
all businesses internationally, providing
millions of consumers all over the world with food that is rich in valuable dairy nutrients every day.

Ms. Helena He, Managing Director of
FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, commented on the award, “We are honoured to be
crowned as “Diamond Award Enterprise” with 3 Stars of ECR Index by GS1 HK Quality Food Traceability Scheme 2019 again.
Recognition from the GS1HK audit professionals is a great affirmation and
encouragement to FCHK’s supply chain management. During this year’s audit, company’s
overall understanding and application of traceability standard is good, which
further secure consumer’s confidence. Participation in the Scheme allowed us to
review our current management model, thereby to identify rooms for continuous
enhancement. We will continue to strengthen our supply chain management to
enhance our food traceability and to offer safe and high quality products to the
consumers.”

Quality Food
Traceability Scheme, is an annual scheme hosted
by GS1 Hong Kong to recognise local enterprises which demonstrate excellence in
food traceability practices through performing a structural, standard-based
audit. The
Scheme aims to encourage enterprises to adopt food traceability practices and
improve the visibility of food supply chain, hence to increase consumer trust on
food safety in local food industry.

Royal FrieslandCampina – nourishing by nature

Providing the
growing world population with the right nutrients in a sustainable way is one
of the critical challenges for the coming decades. By
offering trustworthy and nourishing dairy products, FrieslandCampina
contributes to food and nutrient security. FrieslandCampina’s purpose – nourishing
by nature – stands for better nutrition for the world’s consumers, a
good living for our farmers, now and for generations to come. For more
information please visit: www.frieslandcampina.com.

Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.’s subsidiary in Hong Kong  — nourishing the lives of Hong Kong people

FrieslandCampina
(Hong Kong) Limited (FCHK), a subsidiary of Royal FrieslandCampina, has maintained a long presence in Hong Kong since 1938.
Building on FrieslandCampina’s over 140 years of Dutch dairy heritage and
expertise, the ‘from-grass-to-glass’ stringent global supply chain and constant
innovation that unlock the nutritional potential of milk, FCHK has been leading
the development of dairy industry in Hong Kong, nourishing the lives of Hong
Kong people across all ages with its full range of high quality and nutritious
dairy products, including FRISO^® pregnancy, infant and
toddler milk formula, DUTCH LADY^® dairy based
beverages, BLACK
&
WHITE^® and LONGEVITY^® dairy products, and OPTIMEL^® adult nutrition
formula for consumers, customers and food service business partners through a wide network in
both retail and business channels in Hong Kong and Macau.

FCHK believes healthy community is the foundation of successful and sustainable society
development, hence, is committed to give back by leveraging its dairy and
nutrition expertise and product portfolio. In order to make a contribution to
provide better nutrition for the community, FCHK advocates ‘Drink & Move,
Building Strong Families Together’ and celebrates the Hong Kong World Milk Day
annually to promote balanced nutrition, sufficient dairy intake and regular
exercise to local children and families. Meanwhile, FCHK and its brand BLACK & WHITE®
have been leading the development of the Hong Kong-style milk tea for over 75 years; and are committed to promoting and
preserving the Hong Kong-style milk tea making technique, an
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong. FCHK also formed a cross-sector public-private
partnership with social service organisations and renowned chained restaurant
groups to host the ‘New Generation Milk Tea Master Training Programme’ to
empower the unemployed. As Hong Kong people’s partner in health, FCHK supports
local food banks and charity groups and provides food assistance to people in
need. In 2018, FCHK served over 28,000 beneficiaries with an aggregate value of
over HKD1.4 million to the community.

About Quality
Food Traceability Scheme

The outbreaks of food
incidents in recent years raised public concerns on food safety. End-to-end
food traceability thus becomes an essential and pivotal element in food safety
management. To encourage enterprises to optimize their food traceability practices,
GS1 Hong Kong holds the “Quality Food Traceability Scheme” annually since 2015.
Through performing a structural, standard-based audit, the Scheme aims to
recognise local enterprises which demonstrate excellence in food traceability
practices, including the effective adoption of international standards and
technology for their food management systems to enable a high level of
traceability with the ultimate goal of serving better and safer food to
consumers. For more information, please visit: https://www.gs1hk.org/quality-food-tracebility-scheme

About GS1 Hong Kong

Founded
by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in 1989, GS1 Hong Kong is the
local chapter of GS1®, a not-for-profit, standards organisation that develops
and drives adoption of easy-to-implement global standards for business to
uniquely identify, accurately capture and automatically share vital information
about products, locations and assets. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, GS1
has over 110 national chapters in 150 countries. GS1 Hong Kong’s mission is to empower
business to grow and to improve efficiency, safety, authenticity and
sustainability across multiple sectors and facilitates commerce connectivity
through the provision of a full spectrum of platforms, solutions and services
based on our global standards. We provide a trusted foundation for accurate,
sharable, searchable and linkable data. Our EPC standard lays the foundation
for IoT, powering a range of IoT-based services and applications. We are
helping industry to meet the challenges of omni-channel commerce and create a
seamless customer experience. By engaging with communities of trading partners,
industry organisations, government, and technology providers, we are fostering
a collaborative ecosystem and aiming for “Smarter Business, Better Life”. For more information, please visit: https://www.gs1hk.org