Fonterra requests A2 investigation

NEW ZEALAND – Fonterra has asked for an investigation into what it believes are misleading claims made by the A2 Corporation about the content of A2 milk.

The dairy company wants the Commerce Commission and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority to look into the matter because it believes milk marketed as Just A2 contains A1 protein.

Fonterra’s chief technology technology officer Dr Chris Mallett said: “This is a straightforward case of misleading the consumer about a product that is fundamental to the shopping list of every family.

“A2 Corporation claims that A2 milk is from ‘cows that only produce the A2 protein’, and it contains ‘only the A2 variety of the protein family known as beta casein’.

He went on to say that small print on the back of the packaging states that the A2 milk could contain A1, and that in fact it does.