Fonterra blames valve for spilling milk into sea

Fonterra is blaming an open valve for a spill of 170,000 litres of skim milk into the Tasman Sea from its Whareroa plant in Taranaki.

The leak left globules of fat dispersed along the foreshore of Ohawe and Waihi beaches, near Hawera.

In a similar mishap in 2008, the dairy giant spilt 110,000 litres of skim milk into the ocean from the same plant.

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.

Fonterra blames valve for spilling milk into sea
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