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![Botulism scare cost Danone $500m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Botulism scare cost Danone $500m
French food giant Danone says it will lose more than half a billion dollars in sales in the current financial year as a result of Fonterra's botulism false alarm.
![Govt slammed over China trip 'help'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Govt slammed over China trip 'help'
An infant formula exporter has slammed the service a taxpayer-funded business support centre in Shanghai provided to a delegation of New Zealand companies.
![Fonterra's botulism scare a key theme for China summit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra's botulism scare a key theme for China summit
Fonterra's botulism scare will be one of the key themes of this year's China Business Summit, which takes place today.
![Martin Jacques: NZ has a headstart in growing strategically with China](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Martin Jacques: NZ has a headstart in growing strategically with China
There is understandable concern that the recent food contamination scandals in China could have a corrosive effect on the trading relationship between China and New Zealand.
![World dairy prices up 2.4pc overnight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
World dairy prices up 2.4pc overnight
World dairy prices were up 2.4pc in the latest overnight auction.
![Fran O'Sullivan: Danone compo wrangle escalates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fran O'Sullivan: Danone compo wrangle escalates
Firm in dispute with Fonterra argues recall of some infant formula brands cost it the thick end of $326 million.
![Smaller co-ops outdo Fonterra with payouts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Smaller co-ops outdo Fonterra with payouts
Hokitika dairy co-operative Westland Milk Products and Waikato's Tatua outperformed their far larger competitor, Fonterra, for farmer payouts over the 2012/13 year.
![Fonterra profits up 18pc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra profits up 18pc
Fonterra said its normalised earnings before interest and tax for 2012/13 came to $1 billion, down 3 per cent on the previous year.
![Fonterra's record milk price](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra's record milk price
Fonterra has once again raised its farmgate milk price for the 2013-14 season, this time by 50c to a record $8.30 per kg of milk solids.
![Fonterra result set to miss forecast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra result set to miss forecast
Fonterra's annual earnings look set to fall short of its prospectus forecasts when the company reports its result for the July 31 financial year tomorrow.
![Milk scare: 'PR drive needed'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Milk scare: 'PR drive needed'
Exporters say many Chinese consumers remain unaware that Fonterra's botulism scare was a false alarm.
![$2m to fix botulism scare damage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
$2m to fix botulism scare damage
Trade Minister Tim Groser says New Zealand is partway through a process of restoring its reputation in the world as a safe food producer after Fonterra's whey product contamination scare and subsequent product recall last month.
![Fonterra bottles fail boy's acid test](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra bottles fail boy's acid test
An 11-year-old put Fonterra's light-proof milk bottles to the test.
![AgResearch defends Fonterra tests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
AgResearch defends Fonterra tests
AgResearch has defended its testing of Fonterra's whey concentrate products that led to a false alarm over the presence of a botulism toxin.
![Fonterra boss not told fast enough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra boss not told fast enough
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says he wasn't informed of the contamination event that led to the company's botulism fiasco quickly enough.
![Plastic led to milk scare](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Plastic led to milk scare
Fonterra has found reprocessing that occurred after plastic was found in whey protein at its Hautapu plant led to its recent contamination scare.
![Fonterra eases tension in Sri Lanka](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra eases tension in Sri Lanka
New Zealand has pushed Fonterra's case in meetings with the Sri Lankan government following a tumultuous month which saw the dairy giant temporarily shut down its Sri Lankan operations.
![Botulism botch: Nutricia ponders action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Botulism botch: Nutricia ponders action
Baby formula maker Nutricia says it still considering whether to take legal action over the Fonterra botulism scare.
!['Bloody hell, do your job'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Bloody hell, do your job'
When Nutricia's Karicare infant formula was recalled, Auckland mother Hayley Nieuwoudt vowed never to feed her 7-month-old son, Eric, the brand again.
![Liam Dann: Botulism scare shows we need to lift our game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Liam Dann: Botulism scare shows we need to lift our game
Fonterra "got away with it" over the botulism scare - but NZ's reputation took a big hit in China and that won't suddenly be undone, writes Liam Dann.
![Sighs of relief, but testing questioned](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sighs of relief, but testing questioned
The false alarm over Fonterra's botulism scare has resulted in a relieved food industry - but prompted questions about how testing failed on an epic scale.
![Fonterra's record forecast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra's record forecast
Fonterra's food scare was put quickly into perspective when the dairy giant raised its 2014 farmgate milk price payout to a record $7.80 a kg of milk solids.