This is disgraceful, if the reports are correct, a disgraceful failure to protect our primary industry.
Farmers respond to an animal part found in PKE
Federated Farmers considers the proposed improvements to the biosecurity of Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE), following the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) response to the Federation’s Clark-McKinnon Report, cannot come soon enough. It also comes on the same day an exotic animal body part was confirmed to have found in PKE on a Bay of Plenty farm.
“Can we first pay tribute to the Bay of Plenty dairy farmer who absolutely did the right thing when he or she discovered an animal part in PKE,” says Dr William Rolleston, Federated Farmers Biosecurity spokesperson.
“Any farmer who finds something untoward must do what this farmer rightly did and call the Biosecurity hotline; 0800 80 99 66. Do not ignore or dispose of it. Report it.
“Yet we must ask why the MPI did not initiate a recall of this shipment. Clearly the shipment was contaminated and that is a breach of the Import Health Standard.
“Any exotic animal part making its way onto a farm is a huge concern and could be a disease vector.
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