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The Government has acknowledged that all was not right in MPI’s handling of the M. bovis crisis.

New Zealand’s primary industry export revenue is forecast to reach $43.8 billion for the year to June 2019, an increase of 2.5% from 2018.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor have announced a recovery package to help farmers get back to business more quickly after being cleared of Mycoplasma bovis.

It is now legal to sell raw (unpasteurised) drinking milk to consumers. 

Affected growers claim that the release of 20,000 apple and 400 stonefruit plants from containment vindicates the position they have taken since the start of the issue.

A review is underway of the NZ dairy herd improvement regulatory regime.

Regulations to strengthen the animal welfare system come into effect from today.

The Ministry of Primary Industries says it is releasing 20,000 apple plants and 400 stonefruit plants from containment.

37 farms have been confirmed as infected with Mycoplasma bovis by the Ministry for Primary Industries — eight in the North Island and 29 in the South.

Protecting New Zealand’s biosecurity status is paramount in the wrangle over imported American fruit stock, says Summerfruit NZ chair Tim Jones.