Chinese consumers mistrust Kiwi milk food products - what a hypocritical cheek...

More than half of Chinese consumers say they mistrust New Zealand milk food products after the melamine milk contamination. What a hypocritical cheek - the contaminated milk powder was Chinese not New Zealand!

The connection between NZ and the melamine contaminated milk was the fact that NZ dairy giant, Fonterra, owns 43% of Sanlu, the company involved. No NZ milk, I repeat no NZ milk was ever involved.

A consumers survey came up with a rather confusing set of comments, because NZ still comes out with a rating second behind the European Union and head of the US,Canada, Australia, Japan and China in that order.

Guilt by association undoubtably caused the result of the survey. NZ is involved with one of companies proven to have sold melamine contaminated milk.

Incidently melamine contaminated food products have found their way down to the South Pacific and the NZ market. They have been tested, taken off the shelves and the exporters involved have been informed of the decision.

There is no acceptable level ever of melamine in foodstuffs - it is an industrial chemical only!

Survey story here

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I guess it depends on who...

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Have Googled a link...

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Rather a small survey

of only300 people to make such amazing headlines. The impression I get here is that the Chinese people are embarrassed by the behaviour of the Chinese people involved in the milk/melamine scandal. I do not even hear any reference to the NZ involvement. I guess it depends on who you survey. Curious.

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In a Kiwi newspaper...

the Wellington Dominion Post yesterday. Rather detailed. The association of Fonterra and the Chinese companies has not been good for us, despite the fact it has been Chinese milk powder all along.

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Have not seen details on this

where did you see info on this survey, Hutts.

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