August 6, 2013

Animal feed in Australia exposed to Fonterra's contaminated why protein

Australia's exposure to contaminated whey protein has been restricted to animal feed, according to New Zealand company Fonterra.

Australia is one of seven countries which has received the Fonterra product which could be tainted by bacteria causing the potentially fatal paralytic illness, botulism.

Whey protein is used in infant milk formula, some sports and health drinks and animal feed and Australian livestock feed company Maxum is also one of Fonterra's customers.

But Fonterra's managing director of milk products, Gary Romano, says Maxum, a provider of dairy products to the food ingredient, human health and nutrition and animal nutrition industries, identified and contained any of the suspect product before it hit the feedlots.