Fonterra milk scare a false alarm, says New Zealand
A botulism scare that sparked global recalls of Fonterra
milk products was a false alarm and there was never any danger to consumers,
New Zealand officials said on Wednesday after new tests. The crisis led to
infant formula being taken off shelves from China to Saudi Arabia earlier this
month and damaged New Zealand's "clean, green" reputation in key
Asian markets.
However, New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries said a
barrage of tests ordered after it sounded the alarm had confirmed the
contaminant was not the potentially fatal clostridium botulinum, but a milder
bug called clostridium sporogenes.
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