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Food safety warning on a second instant coconut milk powder

Thursday, 22 October 2015, 5:23 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is extending its food safety warning on imported coconut milk products and coconut milk powder to include a new powdered product. More >>

Joint MPI and police patrol in Bay of Islands

Thursday, 22 October 2015, 4:44 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Fishery officers and police will be patrolling together in the Bay of Islands over Labour Weekend checking recreational catch and water safety of those on the water. More >>

Supporting the locals at Kaikoura

Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 12:43 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Labour weekend will see a big effort to remind recreational fishers on the Kaikoura coast of the local rules developed by the community to protect fish stocks in this iconic area. More >>

MPI investigates accidental loss of fish off Muriwai

Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 12:39 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

New vessel monitoring technology allowed Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officers to meet a commercial boat arriving in port after it accidentally lost fish overboard. More >>

Harrier hound joins biosecurity frontline

Monday, 19 October 2015, 11:36 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

She looks like a giant beagle. She isn’t, but she is the first harrier hound to work for the Ministry for Primary Industries as a biosecurity detector dog. More >>

Untreated US vehicles could be sent back

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 10:34 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Untreated vehicles arriving from the United States could be sent back at the shipper’s expense under strict new rules intended to keep New Zealand free of brown marmorated stink bug. More >>

Second biosecurity detector dog team for Queenstown

Monday, 12 October 2015, 2:08 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

A new detector dog team has started sniffing out biosecurity goods carried by international travellers arriving at Queenstown, doubling the number of Ministry for Primary Industries dog teams working in the region. Sam (beagle) and Deanna McKay (handler) started ... More >>

No go for love gesture

Friday, 9 October 2015, 10:31 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

The fresh rose petals were a gesture of love, but a photo had to suffice after a biosecurity detector dog sniffed out a romantic letter at the border. More >>

Have your say about our fisheries management system

Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 1:31 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is looking for public feedback on a review to help future-proof New Zealand’s fisheries management system. More >>

Help sought on potential fish abandonment

Friday, 2 October 2015, 4:48 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

MPI is seeking public information about a potential fish-abandonment incident at Waikawau Bay on the Thames Coast of Coromandel Peninsula. More >>

Aggressive paua gatherer arrested in Northland

Friday, 2 October 2015, 2:29 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Paua at Kawerua Beach, north of Dargaville, have been under pressure again with fishery officers finding gatherers this week with many times more than the daily limit of 10 paua per person. More >>

Pleasure boat seized for scallop breach

Friday, 2 October 2015, 2:08 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

A fisher in the Hauraki Gulf got a nasty surprise yesterday (1 October) when fishery officers seized his boat for ignoring recreational scallop dredging rules. More >>

Fishing skipper reports loss of snapper

Thursday, 1 October 2015, 12:50 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is pleased with the actions of a commercial fishing skipper who reported a large accidental loss of fish, southeast of Great Barrier Island while still at sea earlier in the week. More >>

Government delivers National Policy Direction

Friday, 25 September 2015, 3:56 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

MPI’s Director of Biosecurity and Animal Welfare Policy, Julie Collins, says established pests are estimated to cost New Zealand’s primary sector up to $3.3 billion annually. More >>

Food safety: some coconut milk drinks have undeclared dairy

Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 4:48 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is warning people with milk allergies or intolerances to avoid drinking some imported coconut milk drinks that may contain milk or milk products as these allergens are not declared on the label. Under Australian ... More >>

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