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Legal Matters: Health and safety update
Changes afoot for freshwater management
Court rules on RPR test case
Both sides claimed a victory of sorts in a recent High Court case that tested the criteria for labelling phosphate rock as reactive phosphate rock (RPR) in the New Zealand market.
Lindsay Farm raw milk recall
Raw milk from Central Hawke’s Bay producers Lindsay Farm is being recalled after Campylobacterbacteria was found in some product.
Bayer to settle US-based lawsuits
While courts around the world argue through claims herbicide Roundup is carcinogenic, Bayer has agreed to pay out US$10.9 billion to settle US-based lawsuits.
Cow beaten so badly she struggled to walk
A Whāngārei farm manager has been fined $3,130 after hitting a cow with an alkathene pipe and a metal bar.
Meat processor fined $290,000 for severe hand injury
Poor communication led to crushing of migrant worker — WorkSafe
UK farmers use trackers to recover stolen machinery
An increase in the use of trackers is enabling UK police to recover 100s of 1000s of pounds worth of stolen machinery.
Sentencing of MP’s son delayed
The sentencing of Tony Kuriger, the son of National Party Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger, on animal welfare charges has been delayed until June 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.