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Westland now 19 Aug 2013 | 09:38 am
It’s Westland Milk Products’ turn, it would seem. But it also seems that Westland is handling this better than Fonterra has handled its food safety crises. It was while following links on a completely...
oh for crying out loud 11 Aug 2013 | 08:56 am
DCD, shipments of meat held up at port apparently because MPI didn’t adequately inform AQSIQ of changes to its documentation (although I think there may be a bit more to that…), botulism in the whey p...
apology, criticism, and more 6 Aug 2013 | 07:58 am
And the top headline on the front page of today’s The Beijing News is Fonterra’s apology, accompanied by a photo of Theo Spierings looking suitably contrite. Unfortunately today also brings news that ...
two front pages 5 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
First up, this morning’s Beijing Morning Post: The top headline: 420 tons of problematic Dumex has entered the market.The photo: Shelves in a supermarket in Wellington, New Zealand. Down the left of...
the myth is shattered 5 Aug 2013 | 06:44 am
What is the verb form of superstition? Xinhua Shidian posted this to Weibo: 【别迷信“洋食品”】新西兰恒天然集团宣布，在三批次浓缩乳清蛋白中检出肉毒杆菌。“洋奶粉”“百分百纯净” 的神话被打破。事实上，西方发达国家的食品安全问题还远不止这些。食品安全问题中外皆有，一味迷信“洋食品”并非明智之举。对待“洋货”与“国货”应本...
silence is not golden 4 Aug 2013 | 11:45 am
“中国企业别沉默” – “Chinese enterprises don’t stay silent. So says Jinghua Shibao. But it’s not only Chinese companies that are keeping silent: 2日，恒天然集团向8家客户通报了情况，但拒绝提供8家企业和相关产品名称，拒绝说明“受污”产品销往哪些国家和地区。 On A...
movement 4 Aug 2013 | 08:42 am
And thanks to The Beijing News’ Weibo account, here’s AQSIQ’s press release naming the four companies in China that imported Fonterra’s botulinum-contaminated whey protein. They are: Hangzhou Wahaha ...
this looks like being a long saga 4 Aug 2013 | 07:10 am
So I opened Baidu News about 7:30 this morning, and this is what I see: See the top headline? “Bacteria found in milk powder from New Zealand’s Fonterra. Some has entered China.” But actually, the fi...
Fonterra botulism 3 Aug 2013 | 01:07 pm
A little comparison. Here’s an article a friend emailed me this morning. It doesn’t have a lot of information, but enough to know there’s more bad news coming. For example: Fonterra is still refusing...
and meat, too 2 Aug 2013 | 01:06 pm
I was first told some months ago to look into New Zealand meat exports to China as well as just dairy. And I have to admit that everytime I see a restaurant listing New Zealand lamb on its menu I do w...
