Open Country Dairy
New Zealand's largest private dairy exporter, WMP, SMP, and AMF to Asia.
Open Country Dairy is New Zealand's largest privately owned dairy processor, collecting milk from more than 1,300 South and North Island farms and manufacturing whole-milk powder, skim-milk powder, butter, anhydrous milk fat, and infant-formula base powder at plants in Waharoa (Waikato) and Studholme (Canterbury). The company exports in excess of 80 per cent of its production to China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East under bulk commodity and value-added arrangements. Open Country Dairy's Waharoa plant is one of New Zealand's single-largest dairy manufacturing sites by throughput.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Waharoa, New Zealand
- Founded
- 2002
- Website
- opencountrydairy.co.nz
- Categories
- Pantry & Dry Goods, Specialty & Gourmet Food, Dairy Products
- Markets
- New Zealand, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Australia
Claimed certifications
- HACCP
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- FSSC 22000, Food Safety System IAF CertSearch
- Halal Certified
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA