Fonterra Tainted Items Add to Woes of Consumers in China
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Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd.’s warnings of tainted ingredients in some products of the world’s largest dairy exporter is the latest blow to baby formula sellers amid Chinese consumers’ concerns about food safety.
The Auckland-based company found bacteria causing a rare illness called botulism in about 38 metric tons of whey protein concentrate it produced, Fonterra said yesterday. Baby formula makers Danone and Abbott Laboratories, which either used Fonterra ingredients or packaged their milk at the company’s production lines, said they took precautionary recalls.