The New Zealand Government has issued an assurance to all Chinese consumers that  NZ dairy products are safe and apologised for  “confusion” surrounding the suspension of DCD use in fertilisers on NZ farms. The apology was conveyed by New Zealand ambassador Carl Worker at a press conference at the NZ embassy in Beijing late Monday (NZ time). Ambassador Worker also told the press …

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation in three Chinese cities spelling out they will “seal and destroy” any dairy products which  contain residues of dicyandiamide (DCD). The investigation comes as China’s quality watchdog issues a “Please Explain” to its NZ counterparts requesting a “detailed risk assessment report” on NZ dairy products after  the “potentially harmful” chemical residue was found in them. …

literacy narrative essay Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has torn strips off Labour agriculture spokesman Damien O’Connor for, he says, endangering the whole of the New Zealand dairy industry with “drastic” allegations relating to traces of a benign chemical, DCD, found in some powdered milk. O’Connor issued a press statement alleging a cover-up of the DCD findings in September to …