Not a single fine or recall has been issued for food with illegal levels of potentially harmful pesticides in at least 5 years, despite dozens of breaches.
Not a single fine or recall has been issued for food with illegal levels of potentially harmful pesticides in at least 5 years, despite dozens of breaches.
www.rnz.co.nz
No fines or recalls for food with illegal levels of potentially harmful agrichemicals in last five years
I think the main problem here is that the NAFS is part of MPI. As stated in the article:
They could have a synergistic relationship; but if there is a breach...MPI will err on the side of more exports, where NZFS should err on the side of safety and food system integrity.
So they've got conflicting priorities - that's just great!
Most of the time, probably not. The problem occurs when there is a breach of the standard.
In that situation NZFS should have all of the decision making power, MPI should be required to step back and let evidence guide the decisions.