evidence: The court order was issued within days of news that Fonterra had been ordered by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health to recall two batches – totalling 39 tonnes – of its Anchor brand milk powder, after tests conducted by the country’s Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) detected levels of dicyandiamide (DCD) in the batches. [...] Concerns about DCD first emerged in January 2013, when it was revealed that low levels of the substance had been discovered in samples Fonterra milk powder. DCD, which is a chemical applied to pasture by farmers to prevent nitrate seeping into rivers and lakes, has never been considered to be a food safety risk, but there is no international standard for it in food.