Chinese officials have responded constructively to the discovery of excessive nitrate levels in milk products from Westland Milk Products that were shipped to China, Prime Minister John Key said. cell phone spy tracker The Ministry for Primary Industries today announced it had revoked export certificates for four consignments of lactoferrin made by Westland Milk after unacceptable levels of nitrates were …

A joint ministerial inquiry into the Fonterra Cooperative Group food scare will look at how the dairy exporter’s contamination occurred and whether the country’s regulatory regime is up to scratch, but won’t touch on questions of liability or the legislative structure of the dairy sector. Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today released the draft …

MediaWorks NZ, the broadcaster whose banking syndicate is poised to take control, owed its lenders $528.3 million when they tipped it into receivership, according to the first receiver’s report. The Auckland-based company held total liabilities of $797.4 million against assets of just $329 million as at May 31, of which its banking syndicate was owed the bulk, receivers Brendon Gibson …