EU restarts merger review of planned ABF/GBI deal

BRUSSELS, July 18 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had restarted its review of Associated British Foods' (ABF.L: Quote, Profile, Research) plan to buy some assets and subsidiaries of GB Ingredients BV of the Netherlands.

The European Union's executive arm had suspended the review on July 15 as it was seeking missing information needed to judge whether to let the deal go ahead on competition grounds.

It set a new deadline of Oct. 16 for the review.

GB Ingredients is a producer of yeast. Associated British Foods sells food products including yeast. (Reporting by Dale Hudson)