by frog
Fonterra’s response to the latest Crafar disgrace is to assure us they will take action against farmers when it’s justified – so, when is it justified?
According to Fonterra Chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden there are criteria:
If any case of deliberate mistreatment of animals is proven by the authorities and appropriate remedial action is not taken, Fonterra will not hesitate to take the strongest action, including refusal to collect milk.
So a question to Sir Henry: haven’t the Crafars already met these criteria? They have been found guilty of mistreating animals in the past and the starving calves disgrace is proof that they have not taken remedial action.
So bring on the ’strongest action.’ Do not hesitate.
Remember too Sir Henry that the Crafars have been done – repeatedly – for pouring crap into New Zealand’s rivers and haven’t cleaned up their act.
When is enough enough?
The “I wasn’t there, I didn’t know” defense is lame. If its your farm, it’s your responsibility. Either manage it yourself or manage the managers.
Sir Henry’s press release (which oddly seems to be absent from Fonterra’s website) goes on to say:
I know I speak for our farmers in saying we have zero tolerance for mistreatment of livestock
Prove it.
Published in Economy, Work, & Welfare by frog on Wed, September 30th, 2009
on the trolls and those who are unable to keep on topic
Fonterra will not act until its sales are affected by customers walking away as a result of a negative backlash. You can bet all it will do is prepare its spin doctors in case they are needed.
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Clearly Fonterra don’t have zero tolerance regarding stock mistreatment.. In the same way, they pretend to care about water quality yet admit to a high level of non-compliance with the clean streams ‘Accord’. Dairying NZ style is likely to reap the whirlwind over coming months as this plays out in media off-shore.
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The government should simply regulate farms to best practice (emmissions and clean water) and make this part of our Kyoto contribution.
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