The Ministry for Primary Industries investigation into Fonterra Cooperative Group’s potentially tainted whey protein concentrate will take up to six months. jobs working from home Acting MIP director general Scott Gallacher said the 20-person probe spear-headed by the ministry’s compliance director probably take between three and six months. The investigation will determine whether Food Act and Animal Products Act regulations …

Sanford, New Zealand’s largest listed fishing company, said annual profit will fall short of its forecast after lower catches of skipjack tuna and toothfish and slow growth in its main Marlborough mussel growing area. The shares fell. Profit will probably be $23 million to $25 million in the year ending Sept. 30, from $21 million last year, the Auckland-based company …

Global metals giant Rio Tinto has told shareholders it has given up trying to sell four Australasian aluminium smelters and associated assets, including the Tiwai Point smelter. The announcement that Rio will “bring the assets back into our aluminium product group” came just hours after Meridian Energy announced it had renegotiated electricity contracts for the Tiwai Point smelter, which had …