Today the Hon Nathan Guy and I announced the final part (Part A) of the Government Inquiry into the Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) Contamination Incident will begin on 12 May. Part A will examine how the potentially contaminated whey protein concentrate entered the New Zealand international markets and how this was subsequently addressed. Part A could not begin until the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) compliance investigation was complete, sentencing had occurred, and the appeal period had expired. We are pleased that over the past five months we have been able to progress most of the recommendations including the Food Safety Science and Research Centre, the Food Safety Assurance Advisory Council, the traceability working group and work on the Food Bill. A summary of the Government’s response and progress on each of the recommendations can be found here: beehive.govt.nz/sites/all/files/WPC_Recommendations_table_May_2014_update.pdf
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 02:38:36 +0000
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