NEW ZEALAND: They are what you eat - (New Zealand Herald)
May 3, 2008 – 9:21 pmhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=206&objectid=10507655&pnum=0
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is, according to this story, our frontline defence against food-borne illnesses, dodgy food imports, genetically modified foods and risky food additives. As consumer guardians, they are behind those dumbed-down “clean, cook, cover, chill” ads on TV.
Behind the scenes, they create and enforce food regulations, manage food recalls and emergencies, provide policy advice and regulate food imports and exports.
It’s a thankless task, with heightened consumer awareness about “safe” foods and nutrition, more food scares worldwide, genetic modification fears and more exotic foods arriving from third world countries with looser hygiene rules. Food is a highly charged political issue, and the authority is generally in the firing line when things go wrong. The evidence - five million working days lost each year due to gastrointestinal illness and the highest reported campylobacter rates in the developed world - suggests considerable scope to do better.
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