Recall of salads to manage listeria risk
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 30 Jan 2021
Media contact: MPI Media team
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is advising the public to return or dispose...
MPI-funded project helps connect rural mothers in Tasman region
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 27 Jan 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
A project funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is helping to...
Northland fishery offender convicted for obstructing a fishery officer and taking mussels from a...
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 26 Jan 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
A Whangarei labourer has been fined $1,060 for refusing to cooperate and allow...
Northland offender convicted for obstructing fishery officers, taking mussels
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 26 Jan 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
A Whangarei labourer has been fined $1,060 for refusing to cooperate and allow...
Pic’s Peanut Butter to trial growing peanuts in Northland
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Pic’s Peanut Butter has kicked off a project to look at the feasibility of growing peanuts commercially in Northland, with...
What does MPI do with all the seafood we take off people breaking the...
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Dozens of shellfish and pāua sprawled out on tarpaulin. Hundreds of crayfish lined up neatly alongside fish. It sounds like...
Pestell’s confirmed as source of listeria in ham products in December 2020 food recall
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
A New Zealand Food Safety and Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service investigation has confirmed the source of listeria contamination last...
Hui planned for marae-based project teaching Kaipara residents to grow kai
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is funding a new marae-based project to help Kaipara residents grow their own food.
The...
While out and about this summer keep your eyes peeled for sea spurge
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
The beach is a place thousands of Kiwis will be flocking to this season to soak up the sunshine, surf, and swim.
But there’s...
2021 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards opens for entries
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Entries are open for the 2021 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards, says Ministry for Primary Industries’ director of investment, skills...
Edible bird’s nest seller fined $31,500 for illegal foods for sale on WeChat
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 12 Jan 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
An Auckland beauty salesperson was fined $31,500 for possession, selling and attempting to...
Cockles, pāua back in sea after MPI intervention
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Almost 3,000 cockles and 150 undersized pāua are back in the sea after successful interventions by the Ministry for Primary...