Suggested changes to infant formula packaging would be treating it like tobacco and sabotage exports:
French multinational Danone has warned 441 jobs in Auckland and Otago and $1 billion in annual exports could be lost if the Government doesn’t block or secure changes to a trans-Tasman plan that would change the way infant formula can be labelled.
It is understood the issue, which will be discussed at a meeting between New Zealand and Australian food ministers on Thursday, has been high on the Government’s radar.
