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In November 2004 Fonterra lodged a submission in support of its request for an informal clearance by the ACCC of its takeover offer of National Foods Limited. The ACCC identified a number of competition concerns associated with the proposal. Fonterra proffered an undertaking that certain arrangements are entered into with an Approved purchaser. Those arrangements include: the sale of the “Brownes” brand; the sale of elements of the distribution system in Western Australia as is required by the Approved Purchaser to service the sale of “Brownes” milk products; providing for toll manufacturing or the sale of either the Balcatta or Bentley processing plant in Western Australia; using its best endeavours to transfer a private label contract with a Major Supermarket to the Approved Purchaser; and using its best endeavours to transfer a number of existing raw milk contracts with Western Australian dairy farmers to the Approved Purchaser.

Floline International Pty Ltd has provided a section 87B undertaking to the ACCC in respect of the supply of bunk beds that the ACCC considered did not comply with the mandatory safety standard (the Australian/New Zealand Bunk Bed Standard AS/NZ 4220:1994). The company has undertaken to: rectify the bunk beds sold, the bunk beds it has in stock and all bunk beds to be sold in the future, to ensure compliance with the mandatory Standard; write to all the current owners of the bunk beds notifying them of the ACCC's concerns and Floline's intention to modify the bunk beds to achieve compliance with the Standard; provide the ACCC with a progress report detailing the stage to which it has progressed the rectifications; provide the ACCC with a final report detailing the completion of all the rectifications; implement a corporate trade practices compliance program; and only supply bunk beds that comply with the requirements of the mandatory Standard.