melamine Archive

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    Letters to the editor - by frog



    These two letters in The Press caught my eye today: Heh heh. And on a more serious note: Incidentally the preferential trade agreement with China comes into force tomorrow (1 October).  From that point on provisions that make it easier and faster for China to get its goods through our our customs and biosecurity take [...] read more
    September 30, 2008 1:49 pm - 10 Comments
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    Tatua Dairy also hit by melamine - by frog



    The melamine scandal has wiggled its way out of China and into New Zealand with news that product from Tatua Cooperative Dairy Company has also been contaminated.  Although I had to ask has an issue shot right past mainstream into the realm of the bizarre when Whale Oil says: The more important story however, which [...] read more
    September 30, 2008 12:00 pm - 5 Comments
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    I’m less likely to trust them too - by frog



    No, not Clark and Key this time. In the Business section of the Dominion Post today: More than half of Chinese consumers say they are now less likely to trust New Zealand food products after the melamine contamination scandal, according to a just-released survey. And: Sinogie Consulting chief executive Bruce McLaughlin, who is based in [...] read more
    September 29, 2008 2:02 pm - 2 Comments
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    NZ’s melamine contamination - by frog



    Poisonous food and dying babies is strictly a ‘far away in China’ sort of thing, even if it happens to be large New Zealand company embroiled in the scandal?  Right? We can look sadly on and shake our heads despondently at Chinese officials and businessmen who didn’t respond fast enough or allow the public to [...] read more
    September 25, 2008 3:19 pm - No Comments
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    Knowing where your milk powder comes from - by frog



    Here’s some more from Question Time in the house yesterday.  The government has a longstanding position that Country of Origin Labelling on food is not a food safety issue and so it refuses to protect consumers’ right to know where their food comes from. That assertion that the safety of food has nothing to do [...] read more
    September 24, 2008 9:02 am - 5 Comments