ComCom recommends moving the goalposts for dairy deregulation
The regulator wants the bar for allowing deregulation of the dairy industry raised from the level set in the legislation which established Fonterra in 2001.
The Commerce Commission is recommending that the government raise the bar for what it deems as an acceptable level of competition in the dairy industry.
The Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001, which established Fonterra, set the bar at 20% of the milk market, in either the North or South