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Factbox
  • What is botulism?
  • Botulinum toxin is a protein and neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
  • NZ dairy giant Fonterra
  • China suspended milk powder imports from NZ after Fonterra discovered bacteria that can cause botulism in its products.
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  • August 28·New Zealand food safety regulators said the bacteria that sparked an international alert over Fonterra dairy products was not the bacterium that can cause botulism.
  • August 22·Theo Spierings, the chief executive of embattled New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra, pledged to step up quality checks at its plants.
  • August 20·New Zealand food safety officials announced that they will step up their regulatory oversight of the dairy industry.
  • August 19·The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) announced that it had revoked export certificates for four consignments of lactoferrin, made by Westland Milk Products.
  • August 14·Fonterra's head of milk products, Romano, resigns.
  • August 13·New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said that he will visit Beijing later this year to personally apologize to Chinese consumers.
  • August 12·Two inquiry committee, one was launched by Fonterra's board and the other by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) of New Zealand, were formally launched to look into how 38 tons of whey protein was contaminated with bacteria that can cause botulism.
  • August 9·Federated Farmers of New Zealand President Bruce Wills gave an unconditional apology to Chinese consumers for the fears raised over contaminated produce from dairy giant Fonterra.
  • August 8·The New Zealand government assured customers of dairy giant Fonterra that it was doing all it could to contain the risks of contaminated whey products.
  • August 7·NZ Trade Minister promises milk investigation.
  • August 6·US-based Abbott Laboratories and Britain's Cow & Gate both said they had taken action as a precautionary measure.
  • August 5·Theo Spierings, CEO of Fonterra, apologized in Beijing for a milk powder contamination scare. Nutricia issued a wider recall of two of its products.
  • August 3·The AQSIQ named on its website four importers, including Wahaha and Dumex, of potentially tainted products from Fonterra.
  • August 2·China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said Chinese importers should immediately initiate recalls of potentially contaminated products.
  • August 2·Fonterra said some whey protein produced in May 2012 was found with clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism.
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