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Bega Cheese, Fonterra dairy giant settle multinational court spat over peanut butter
Fonterra has lost a legal battle to block Bega Cheese from using the Bega brand on a range of peanut butter.
Key points:
- Bega Cheese has won the right to continue using its brand on peanut butter and other products
- The decision was handed down in the Supreme Court of Victoria this morning
- Bega had previously granted a licence to Fonterra to use the Bega brand on a range of cheeses
A drawn-out legal battle between the two dairy industry heavyweights was resolved in the Supreme Court of Victoria this morning.
The two companies reached an agreement for Fonterra to produce Bega-branded cheese under a deal struck in 2002.
But in 2017, when Bega Cheese purchased a range of well-known products including the household favourites of peanut butter and…
