The Christmas Grinch has struck again with Don Brash depriving the usual suspects of a chance to have a decent whack at the sale of Oceania Dairy to China’s biggest dairy company at a time when they all want to wind down rather than up. a cause and effect essay To be fair, Brash is just one of two directors …

China’s biggest dairy company – like its fellow Inner Mongolian rival Mengniu – has been plagued by food safety issues that are common in China. Earlier this year, China’s consumer quality regulator found an “unusual amount” of mercury in some of its baby formula. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said that the mercury, a metallic element …

Fonterra’s legal brief told the Commerce Commission five months ago that the Inner Mongolian company was in talks to buy Oceania Dairy. Chapman Tripp’s Grant David spot-lighted the Yili talks when he tried to convince the commission that Fonterra should be allowed to buy NZ Dairies. Fonterra had become aware of further competition in the industry, he noted.  “Over the …