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Showing posts with label Stricter controls on infant formula packaging statements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stricter controls on infant formula packaging statements. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Ele Ludemann: Baby formula isn’t tobacco


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.