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China Peregrine Announces Management Changes in Its U.S. and China Operations.


N. PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999--

China Peregrine Food Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:CHPF CHPF Carolina Horse Park Foundation ) announced today that Mr. Charles J. Beech has resigned as the Chairman and Director of the company as well as from management positions which he held in the company's two Chinese joint venture subsidiaries, Green Food Peregrine Children's Food Company, Ltd. (GFP GFP Green Fluorescent Protein
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) and Hangzhou Meilijian Dairy Products Company, Ltd. (MJV MJV Murcia, Spain - San Javier (Airport Code) ).

Mr. Roy G. Warren, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, made the announcement as part of what he described as "the installation of a full time, on site, western team of management executives and industry professionals in China."

Mr. Stephen Langley, an executive from the United States with over six years of managerial experience in China in the food sector, has been named the company's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 for its Chinese operations and has been appointed to the Board of Directors of GFP. Mr. Langley also has been nominated to be the General Manager of GFP, which will become effective upon approval by GFP's board.

Mr. Art Blanding, president of The Omega Company, international technical consultants to the dairy industry, has been elected to China Peregrine's board, effective immediately. In addition, he has been appointed as a member of the GFP board. Mr. Blanding has over 50 years experience in management of dairy processing, sales and strategic planning consulting. He graduated from Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college.  in 1956, with a degree in food science, and in 1964 from Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885.  with a degree in Food Microbiology, and attended Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. . As President of The Omega Company, Mr. Blanding has completed over 200 projects successfully, both in the U.S. and abroad. Clients of The Omega Company include Abbott International, Cumberland Farms, Dairy Gold, Farm Fresh, Inc., Haagen Dazs, Labatt, Ross Laboratories, and Stop & Shop Company, among others.

In addition, the company has submitted to the GFP board nominations of Ms. Nancy Yuan as Treasurer and Mr. Mark Xie as Sales/Marketing Manager of GFP. Ms. Yuan is a U.S. CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000.  and has worked as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in Hong Kong. Mr. Xie is a seasoned sales and marketing professional, who has worked with companies such as Hormel Foods in China. Ms. Yuan also has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of China Peregrine's Chinese operations and Mr. Xie will hold the position of Sales/Marketing Director for China Peregrine in China.

Mr. Warren, who is currently in China, said that he expects the GFP board approval of Mr. Langley's management team to be imminent. Messrs. Langley, Blanding and Warren now constitute the majority of GFP's Board of Directors. In commenting on the effect of these changes for the company, Roy Warren said, "This new management team will enable us to take full advantage of the marketing and sales opportunity presented by our arrangement with Warner Bros. for the Looney Tunes(tm) line of flavored milks in China. This will give us the opportunity to maximize the short and long term impact of our broad, official Looney Tunes(tm) launch in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China, which will take place in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ChūnjiĆ©), or Spring Festival ."

China Peregrine owns 70% of an existing fifty-year National Joint Venture with China National Green Food Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, one of the first-ever approved in China. China Peregrine currently controls and operates dairy facilities in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China. The Company manufactures and distributes dairy products in these markets, and will be introducing a full line of Looney TunesV branded products, including pasteurized milks, juices and yogurt drinks.

For more information, visit our Web Site, www.chinaperegrine.com.

LOONEY TUNES, characters, names and all related indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros., c 1999.

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 Reform Act of 1995: The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, regulatory approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties as may be detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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