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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)
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[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So they've got conflicting priorities - that's just great!

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

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.