New Zealand's National Farmers Federation and dairy giant Fonterra have received packages of baby formula containing poison with an anonymous criminal threat to contaminate baby formula.

Baby formula is a multi-billion dollar export industry for New Zealand and the Ministry of Primary Industries said that it was confident the product remained safe. The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council said, "Extra testing had been introduced to reassure parents, although it had absolute confidence that products on shelves were safe. This is an attack on Brand New Zealand. Our country has a reputation for producing safe, high-quality food products which are in demand around the world, and this coward's letter doesn't change that at all. These letters are an attack on all New Zealanders, designed to gain publicity and cause the maximum damage to the New Zealand economy."
Deputy director-general Scott Gallacher said, "The ability for anybody to deliberately contaminate infant and other formula during manufacturing is extremely low. Regardless, we encourage people to be vigilant when buying infant and other formula. Our advice is always to check packaging for signs of tampering. We are reinforcing that advice as a result of this blackmail threat."
Source-Medindia