据AP报导，新西兰总理在9月5日（星期五）闻知三鹿事件，三天后（9月8日星期一）通知中国政府。中国官员说新西兰官方在上星期一（即2008年9月8日）通知他们三鹿事件。新西兰日期和北京相同。

参http://news.lp.findlaw.com/ap_stories/i/1104/09-14-2008/20080914172005_35.html

Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
China inspects dairy regions after tainted milk
By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press Writer
原文：New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said she instructed her senior ministers to notify Chinese officials in Beijing about the issue three days after she learned Sept. 5 that Fonterra had been trying for weeks to get provincial authorities in China order the recall....... Chinese officials said they did not learn of the issue until last Monday, the day Clark said her ministers were instructed to notify officials in Beijing.