Ann: Trading Halt, page-10

Still waiting for plant accreditation, see below

Michael SmithChina Correspondent Oct 1, 2018 — 11.00pmSaveShareShanghai | Food and dairy group Freedom Foods Group says Australia must do more to foster direct government relationships in China, where it expects sales of its dairy, cereals and other products to accelerate as Beijing introduces policies to make it easier for importers despite trade tensions with the United States.Rory Macleod, the managing director of the $1.5 billion company, said there were increasing signs Beijing was willing to reduce red tape and introduce other measures to make it easier for foreign imports although regulatory risks remained.In an interview with The Australian Financial Review at Freedom's Shanghai office, Mr Macleod said he was encouraged by conversations he had in China last week that Beijing was genuine about making life easier for importers. However, he said his company had been waiting a year for a licence to export milk to China from its plant at Ingleburn in NSW. But Freedom Food's plant has accreditation for its other export markets.Rory Macleod, the chief executive of ASX-listed Freedom Foods, at the company's China headquarters in Shanghai. Michael Smith"It has nothing to do with us. I suspect it (the delay) has a little bit to do with Australia-China government relations," Mr Macleod said during a visit to China. However, he was confident there would not be any long-term hold-up in the export registration accreditation given China was keen to promote quality foreign imports.