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Waikato beef farmer and livestock trader fined $22,000 for NAIT failures
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Rangiriri beef farmer and livestock trader has been fined $22,000 for a range of failures under the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act (NAIT), involving more than 600 animals. Under the NAIT Act 2012, locations that have cattle and/or deer must be registered with the NAIT organisation OSPRI,…
Southland seafood company fined $39,000 for shellfish biosecurity breaches
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Southland seafood company has been fined $39,000 for biosecurity breaches involving illegally moving thousands of oysters and mussels and putting the iconic Bluff oyster fishery at risk. Fresh is Best NZ Limited was today sentenced in the Invercargill District Court on 13 charges under the Biosecurity Act, following…
Shearer placed on 6 months’ community detention, 12 months’ supervision for deliberate physical abuse of lambs
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Palmerston North shearer has been placed on 6 months’ community detention, along with 12 months’ supervision for physically abusing 3 lambs while shearing them. In December 2024, animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) provided 560 hours of video footage of sheep being abused…
Various Vogel’s breads recalled due to possible presence of small metal pieces
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Goodman Fielder New Zealand Ltd in its recall of various Vogel’s brand breads in the South Island as the products could contain foreign matter. “The concern with these products is that they may contain small metal pieces,” says New Zealand Food Safety deputy…
Fisher who poached 1869 pāua placed on home detention for 10 months, ordered to do 300 hours’ community work
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A fisher who poached 1869 pāua intended for sale, and illegally used scuba gear to harvest the shellfish, has been placed on home detention for 10 months and ordered to do 300 hours’ community work. Following a guilty plea, Jorden Cedric Paul (43) was today sentenced on 3 charges…
Proposed temporary closure of Ōhiwa Harbour in the Bay of Plenty to harvesting mussels
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa has requested a further 2-year closure over an area within Ōhiwa Harbour in the Bay of Plenty to the harvest of mussels, under section 186A of the Fisheries Act 1996. The purpose of the closure is to allow juvenile mussels the…
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