Supplement firm fined for claiming Chinese product was NZ-madeSUPPLIED "New Zealand-made" pollen actually came from China. A health supplement company and its owner have been fined $526,500 after claiming bee pollen was New Zealand-made when it was actually produced and processed in China. Around 2005 Topline began using Chinese pollen and it altered its labelling to remove any reference to New Zealand," said Commerce Commissioner Anna Rawlings. Topline only stopped mis-labelling NatureBee products when it became aware the Commission was investigating," Rawlings said. The incorrect labelling also had potential to damage all other exporters using Made in New Zealand labelling and to "damage this country's image for its products sold overseas."

Source: Stuff May 19, 2017 02:03 UTC