Regulation logjam holding up new pest and disease solutions

Regulation logjam holding up new pest and disease solutions
Apple growers are running out of options for pest and disease control. (Image: Hawkes Bay Today)
Greg Hurrell
MPs have heard that the farming sector is struggling because of a gridlock of product approvals, but greater transparency is needed before more money is spent on the problem.Liz Shackleton, chief executive of Animal and Plant Health New Zealand, told the primary production select committee on Nov 14 that farmers and growers, along with biosecurity and conservation personnel, were facing some enormous challenges because it took so long to get new products approved by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).Animal and Plant Health is the ind...

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