Auditor general wants MPs to quiz food safety officials later this year

Auditor general wants MPs to quiz food safety officials later this year
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Riley Kennedy
The auditor general has told the primary production select committee it should "quiz" food safety officials on their progress in implementing a levy on food imports.The government watchdog recently published a report that found the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) didn’t know how effective the safety system was for importing high-risk food.It also found that MPI hadn’t been consistently monitoring whether importers were establishing the safety and suitability of high-risk food before it arrived in the country.In 2022,...

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