Fonterra counters Sri Lanka ban on dairy

By IVCPOST Staff Reporter

Aug 18, 2013 11:22 PM EDT

Top dairy exporter, Fonterra of New Zealand, cried foul over the banning of its products in Sri Lanka last Friday.  The ban came after a trade union claimed Fonterra products in the market were contaminated with dicyandiamide (DCD).

Fonterra pulled out batches of its dairy products in Sri Lanka to disprove content of the agricultural chemical used for processing in the batch in the country.  After third-party testing negated allegations, Fonterra is adamant in fighting the injunction at all costs.

In a statement addressed to the New Zealand stock exchange, John Priem, Fonterra's managing director said, "We strongly refute the allegations on which this injunction has been made."

"Our independent testing has found no traces of DCD in any Fonterra branded products in Sri Lanka and no affected whey protein concentrate or products containing it have been sent to the country," Priem further added according to a Reuters report.

Fonterra is currently looking at options for legal action it could take against the said injunction.

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