MPs to grill Kraft over Cadbury

Kraft said in February the Somerdale plant in western England would close with the loss of around 400 jobs. Kraft Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld said in a letter to Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr in September she believed her company would be in a position to continue to operate it.

A Kraft spokesman declined comment on the meeting, but said the inquiry into the closing of Somerdale would have no impact on the Cadbury deal.

"We've operated as a combined company since February 2 and our financials will be consolidated from that date," he said.

Select Committees examine the work of government departments and produce reports on areas of public policy that can be debated in the Commons.

(Additional reporting by Brad Dorfman; Editing by David Holmes and Andrew Callus)