Fonterra says China-bound milk powder halted in May for high nitrite

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully is seen behind Chinese and New Zealand flags during a group interview in BeijingWELLINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter caught up in a contamination scandal earlier this month, said on Thursday it was also forced to withdraw 42 tons of milk powder bound for China because of high nitrite levels. …