Fonterra Cooperative Group has been ordered to pay 105 million euros ($183 million) in damages to Danone over "food safety failures" in 2013, following arbitration in Singapore. The French food giant sued Fonterra, seeking damages of up to 630 million euros, over the whey protein contamination and botulism scare in 2013. In April 2014, Fonterra had already been fined by judgment of the Wellington District Court for having breached several provisions of the New Zealand food safety regulations." In 2013, Fonterra quarantined several batches of whey protein concentrate amid fears it was contaminated with a potentially dangerous form of the clostridium bacteria. Danone's New Zealand subsidiary Danone Nutricia ended its supply contract with Fonterra after the botulism scare.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 30, 2017 20:37 UTC