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Another dairy company, with partial Chinese ownership, is under fire for claiming the Government’s wage subsidy during COVID-19.
Mataura is backed by Chinese state-owned enterprise China Animal Husbandry Group, New Zealand company Bodco and local and farmer shareholders.
Mataura has also ruffled Fonterra’s feathers: it claimed $616,000 for 88 employees choosing not to process Fonterra milk.
The reason; it claims Fonterra has lower safety controls. The co-op isn’t impressed.
Improving health and safety is about incremental gain rather than a sudden decision, says Leeston farmer and Federated Farmers health and safety spokesman David Birkett.
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