Fonterra welcomes raw milk review

摘要

Fonterra of New Zealand says it welcomes the country's government decision to review the eligibility criteria for access to regulated raw milk. Under the current Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA), Fonterra is required to supply up to 600 million litres of raw milk each year.rn"Fonterra is already supplying raw milk to 25 different companies on this basis. We accept Fonterra's role in supplying regulated milk to help start-ups and processors without their own milk supply," Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier notes. "However, a significant proportion of milk supplied under the regulations goes to larger competitors who have their own local milk supply, are increasingly foreign-rnowned, and are competing with us in overseas markets. All of these competitors use the DIRA regulations to fill their processing plants at times of the year when milk supply is low.