{"id":360528,"date":"2025-05-09T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T02:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=360528"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:09:12","slug":"accc-ponders-dairy-buy-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/05\/09\/accc-ponders-dairy-buy-up\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCC Ponders Dairy Buy-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 9, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is inviting submissions on the proposed purchase by French dairy giant Lactalis of parts of the Fonterra Co-operative group of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>BSA S.A.S. 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