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Giant snail stopped at border
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 11:22 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Biosecurity officials have stopped a giant snail and its offspring from sliming a path of destruction through New Zealand’s crop and forestry industries. More >>
Airport changes mean better biosecurity
Wednesday, 3 December 2014, 11:15 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Layout changes and new x-ray equipment at Auckland Airport will benefit biosecurity, says the Ministry for Primary Industries. More >>
Airport changes mean better biosecurity
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 11:28 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Layout changes and new x-ray equipment at Auckland Airport will benefit biosecurity, says the Ministry for Primary Industries. The new layout, which opened late last week, provides increased space and improved flow for biosecurity checks. More >>
No charges laid over piggeries investigations
Friday, 28 November 2014, 11:01 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
No charges laid over piggeries investigations 28 November 2014 The Ministry for Primary Industries did not have sufficient evidence to lay charges following two animal welfare investigations into incidents at piggeries earlier this year. The investigations ... More >>
Mobile labs to tackle fruit fly investigations
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:42 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has today received two newly fitted mobile field laboratories to improve its ability to manage the diagnostic work required in the event of a fruit fly detection. More >>
Northland paua busts and illegal oysters
Monday, 24 November 2014, 2:11 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Rogue paua gatherers continue to risk big fines and losing vehicles by flouting the recreational fishing regulations on the Northland coast. More >>
Ministry For Primary Industries intercepts stowaway rodent
Friday, 21 November 2014, 11:40 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A mouse from the Cook Islands failed in its stowaway bid after biosecurity officials found it in a hollowed-out baguette at Auckland airport. Ministry for Primary Industries staff initially discovered ants, cockroaches and rodent droppings when a Taiwanese ... More >>
Charms not so lucky for passenger
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 10:35 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A passenger’s charms may be lucky for detecting gold but they didn’t impress biosecurity officials at Wellington airport. More >>
Charms not so lucky for passenger
Monday, 17 November 2014, 11:44 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A passenger’s charms may be lucky for detecting gold but they didn’t impress biosecurity officials at Wellington airport. The passenger recently arrived from Australia with lucky charms made from snake parts (including fangs from Thailand) ... More >>
High risk from black market oysters
Friday, 7 November 2014, 3:55 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries is warning people about the serious health risks of buying black market shellfish after it closed down two illegal oyster selling operations in South Auckland this week. More >>
Expensive snorkel for Bay of Plenty men
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 4:52 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Not knowing the legal size and daily limit for paua was no excuse for two men who were fined $1500 each in Tauranga District Court today (6/11/2014). More >>
Tea revealed as snake fillets
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 11:43 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Inspection of a seemingly innocent package of tea revealed python fillets, raising biosecurity alarm at Auckland airport. A passenger arriving from China presented the package to biosecurity officials upon landing at Auckland last week, saying she ... More >>
Weasels hitch a ride
Friday, 31 October 2014, 11:38 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is applauding a sharp-eyed worker who recently spotted some hitchhiking baby weasels at a quarantine facility in Hamilton. More >>
Check the rules before you go fishing
Friday, 24 October 2014, 12:17 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding all recreational fishers to check the rules before they head out for a fish this Labour Weekend. You can face serious penalties if you break fisheries laws and MPI fishery officers are regularly ... More >>
MPI nabs divers with 867 paua
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 2:21 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Ministry for Primary Industries compliance officers caught three men with 867 paua on the west coast south of Titahi Bay on Monday (20 October 2014). More >>
Ukrainian honey smugglers sent home
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 10:54 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Border officials sent two Ukrainian air passengers home on Friday after they tried to smuggle honey and bee pollen into New Zealand. The couple were found with nearly 3kg of honey and 1kg of pollen after a luggage search by Ministry for Primary Industries ... More >>
Rock melon interception at Auckland airport
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 2:32 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Lesson for parents: Listen to your kids a little more, especially when it comes to giant rock melons and New Zealand’s biosecurity rules. More >>
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis - update 10/10/2014
Friday, 10 October 2014, 4:58 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Some foods have been consumed by a significant proportion of those who have become ill. However they are foods that are also regularly consumed by people who are not ill. There is no single food that has been consumed by 100% of the cases. More >>
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis – update 9/10/14
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 2:33 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
There is a total of 124 confirmed cases and 18 presumptive (suspected but yet to confirmed) nationwide. A total of 38 people have been hospitalised. More >>
NAEAC Annual Report released
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 10:48 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The number of animals used in research, testing, and teaching in 2013 was the lowest it’s been since 1997, according to the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) Annual Report released today. More >>
