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Not meeting honey rules cost Auckland businessman $26,000

Friday, 2 November 2018, 2:29 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

An Auckland businessman has been fined more than $26,000 for offences related to making false therapeutic claims about honey and failing to ensure he was a registered exporter. More >>

New food safety guide for directors, executives and owners

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 12:12 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety today released a new publication that provides foundation food safety information for directors, executives and owners of food businesses. More >>

Have your say on changes to improve NAIT

Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 12:09 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) wants to hear from people with an interest in how the NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing) scheme can be improved. More >>

MPI disappointed with poaching in Gisborne marine reserve

Friday, 26 October 2018, 2:08 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Ministry for Primary Industries fishery officers have caught six adults, with five children in tow, in possession of a large haul of illegally taken crayfish and kina from the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve in Gisborne. More >>

New regulations proposed to strengthen food recalls

Thursday, 25 October 2018, 2:57 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety today announced it is seeking feedback on proposals to strengthen food recalls and improve risk-based plans and programmes. More >>

Recreational fishers fined approx $4,000 over long weekend

Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 11:37 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Recreational fishers around the Coromandel Peninsula were fined around $4,000 over Labour Weekend for various fisheries related offences including gathering crayfish that were carrying eggs. More >>

Opportunities to boost food & beverage exports with tourism

Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 9:15 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

A new market insights report builds on New Zealand’s understanding of food and beverage tourism and opportunities for our primary industries. More >>

September 2018 Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries

Monday, 15 October 2018, 7:47 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Media Release: September 2018 Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries 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 percent from 2018. The Ministry for Primary Industries ... More >>

Checkpoint uncovers massive illegal paua haul

Monday, 15 October 2018, 1:54 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

A joint Ministry for Primary Industries and NZ Police checkpoint in Taranaki has uncovered a massive illegal haul of paua, the majority of which were undersized. More >>

Commercial cray fisherman fined over failing to record catch

Friday, 12 October 2018, 11:57 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

A Whitianga commercial fisherman and his company have been fined more than $8,000 for failing to record almost 500kg of crayfish caught in the under-pressure CRA2 fishery. More >>

Biosecurity Award finalists reflect huge national effort

Friday, 12 October 2018, 10:51 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

There is a heartening national effort taking place to safeguard the country’s biosecurity, says New Zealand Biosecurity Awards judging panel Chair, Dr John Hellstrom. More >>

$34 million for more erosion control work over four years

Monday, 1 October 2018, 3:42 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is inviting councils to apply for the next round of the Hill Country Erosion Fund (HCE). The fund helps councils and land owners to assess and treaterosion prone land. More >>

Have your say on the dairy herd improvement regime

Monday, 1 October 2018, 10:13 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) wants to hear from the dairy industry and people with an interest in how the dairy herd improvement regulatory regime can help to ensure that New Zealand’s dairy industry remains world leading. The dairy herd ... More >>

Harnessing science to support Mycoplasma bovis eradication

Friday, 28 September 2018, 2:44 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

This week in Wellington, the Mycoplasma bovis Strategic Science Advisory Group (SSAG) brought together around 75 key people for a workshop to develop the science plan that will prioritise Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) eradication research and help inform ... More >>

Gisborne Marine Reserve poachers pay the price

Friday, 28 September 2018, 11:45 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Seven people have paid the price for poaching from the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve in Gisborne. More >>

MPI releases imported apple and stonefruit plants

Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 3:11 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Around 20,000 apple plants and 400 stonefruit plants imported from a US testing facility have been released from all restrictions, says the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). More >>

Sentencing for bobby calf abuse

Thursday, 20 September 2018, 4:13 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The owner of a pet food company was given 6 months community detention, 180 hours of community work and banned from owning or exercising any authority over production animals for five years at the Hamilton District Court today. His company was sentenced ... More >>

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