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OPINION: Your canine crusader was truly impressed by the almost unanimous support given by politicians of all stripes in Parliament to the recent passing of legislation for the NZ/EU free trade deal.
MPI MUST name the product responsible for severe gastroenteritis affecting people around the country, and the supermarket chain distributing it, Labour's Food Safety spokesperson Damien O'Connor says.
"The ministry seems to be more concerned about protecting the reputation supermarkets than the health of Kiwi consumers," he says.
"About 127 people have contracted yersinia pseudotuberculosis in the past month, including 38 who have become so unwell they had to be hospitalised.
"Canterbury medical officer of health Dr Alistair Humphrey today told media bagged lettuce and carrots from one particular supermarket chain was identified as the source of the bug in a report from Environmental Science and Research a week ago.
"MPI either lacks the resources or is incapable of dealing with what should be a relatively minor food safety issue. This will be a concern to our export sectors.
"It also reinforces Labour's call for New Zealand to return to a stand-alone food safety agency.
"MPI has a conflict of interest between promoting New Zealand products and protecting Kiwi consumers. This was identified in the Government's own 2013 investigation into the Fonterra botulism scare which found it needed to clarify its 'potentially conflicting roles... between enabler and enforcer'.
"It is time the Ministry put Kiwi consumers first and publicly released the cause of this nasty bug," O'Connor says.
James and Debbie Stewart from Dairylands in Manawatu impressed judges and took out the 2024 Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award.
Manawatu farmers Will Hinton and Kali Rangiawha have scooped the 2024 New Zealand Share Farmers of the Year.
More bull breeders are using genetic tools according to the latest research.
Females are dominating the veterinary profession worldwide and many farmers are welcoming this change in the composition of the profession, says Britain's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Professor Christine Middlemiss.
Fonterra has appointed a new chief financial officer, seven months after its last CFO’s shock resignation.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
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