OIA116
David Adamson
[FYI request #30637 email]
Dear David,
Thank you for your email of 7 April 2025. Your request for information has been considered
under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA).
On 6 June 2025, I advised you that I had decided to grant your request and that the
documents were being prepared for release. I apologise for the length of time it has taken to
send you the documents.
You requested:
Please provide any correspondence (for you or your office) received from, or sent to,
baby formula companies, their representatives, or formula industry lobbyists during
the time you have been Minister for Food Safety.
Please find attached the documents you have requested in Appendix One and Appendix
Two.
Some information has been withheld pursuant of sections 9(2)(a), 9(2)(b)(ii), and 9(2)(ba).
In addition, my office received one email from Blackland PR, on behalf of Danone, entitled
Danone NZ Operation Financials, that is commercially sensitive. I have withheld the email in
full under 9(2)(b)(i ).
I am satisfied that, in the circumstances of this case, the withholding of the information is not
outweighed by other considerations which render it desirable in the public interest to make
the information available.
You are advised of your right to raise any concerns with the Office of the Ombudsman.
You can contact the Ombudsman at
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Hon Andrew Hoggard
Minister for Food Safety