Dive Summary:
- On Thursday, Danone SA's Nutricia unit revealed that it is weighing legal action against New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra due to an international botulism scare prompted by the company following incorrect tests.
- The false positive related to whey protein led companies in nine countries to recall products, including Nutricia's New Zealand recall of 67,000 tins of infant formula.
- Testing by New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries has since revealed a non-threatening strain of botulism, but Fonterra stands by its decision to do "the right thing" in publicizing the potential risk despite the initial hit its reputation took as a result.
From the article:
... "We are considering our legal position," Corine Tap, general manager of Nutricia ANZ, told reporters when asked whether the company would take legal action against Fonterra and the New Zealand laboratory which performed the incorrect tests. ...