date:Mar 14, 2014
lst this product recall was a false alarm, it has unearthed some flaws in Fonterra's system.
Fonterra is also fighting a civil case brought by French food giant Danone, which is claiming compensation of 350 million euros (486.5 million U.S. dollars) for the scare.
Fonterra launched a global recall last August after batches of whey protein concentrate were wrongly found to be contaminated with a botulism-causing bacterium, forcing Danone's Australasian subsidiary, Nutricia, and other producers