NZ's Prime Minister, John Keys, will travel to China to ensure confidence in the country's food industry is restored, following a ministerial inquiry into Fonterra's recent contamination scares.
The inquiry is one of four investigations into why, where and how whey protein used in its baby formula and sports drinks products became contaminated with a bacterium that can cause botulism, a potentially fatal paralytic illness.
Two batches of Fonterra's milk powder have also been recalled in Sri Lanka due to fears they may be contaminated with a farm chemical, Dicyandiamide, which is used to increase agricultural yields.
According to the weeklytimesnow, the New Zealand government is considering putting a Chinese scientist on the inquiry team, with Prime Minister John Keys saying confidence in Fonterra's products needs to be restored.
China is a valuable market for the dairy giant, consuming 90 percent of its baby milk powder products.
Keys said he will travel to China once the inquiry's results are available.
"I need the answers from those inquiries so I can look down the barrel of their cameras and say `have confidence in our products, we've fixed the issues'," he said.