Comments on: Food safety of imported produce http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/08/21/food-safety-of-imported-produce/ hopping along the corridors of power Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:26:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: uk_kiwi http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/08/21/food-safety-of-imported-produce/#comment-16894 uk_kiwi Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:08:02 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/08/21/food-safety-of-imported-produce/#comment-16894 I have always avoided produce from china, spain and eastern europe for this very reason- they are widely believed to use vast amounts of pesticides of dubious origin. Of course it is very easy to choose in the UK (& some european countries) as all produce is required to have country of origin labelling. IMHO NZ is a free country- everyone should be free to make educated decisions about what they consume. Information should be available to allow this to happen- such as GM/GE labelling, country of origin etc. The NZFSA has dropped the ball on this one and showed they are in bed with Foodstuffs et al. Their explanation makes no sense! Go the Greens, keep pushing this one! I have always avoided produce from china, spain and eastern europe for this very reason- they are widely believed to use vast amounts of pesticides of dubious origin. Of course it is very easy to choose in the UK (& some european countries) as all produce is required to have country of origin labelling.

IMHO NZ is a free country- everyone should be free to make educated decisions about what they consume. Information should be available to allow this to happen- such as GM/GE labelling, country of origin etc. The NZFSA has dropped the ball on this one and showed they are in bed with Foodstuffs et al. Their explanation makes no sense!

Go the Greens, keep pushing this one!

]]> By: tochigi http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/08/21/food-safety-of-imported-produce/#comment-16874 tochigi Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:54:24 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/08/21/food-safety-of-imported-produce/#comment-16874 Not directly related to this post, but an interesting article inthe Herald on something that might affect NZ's economy more and more in the future: <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10397181" rel="nofollow">NZ hit by 'food miles' campaign</a> <blockquote> "Food miles" pose a risk to the nation's farming exports to affluent northern hemisphere consumers, says AgResearch's chief science strategist, Stephen Goldson. New Zealand trade officials have said concerns from the environmental lobby over the distance food travels from paddock to plate could undermine efforts to portray the country's primary produce in those markets as environmentally sustainable.</blockquote> Not directly related to this post, but an interesting article inthe Herald on something that might affect NZ’s economy more and more in the future:
NZ hit by ‘food miles’ campaign

“Food miles” pose a risk to the nation’s farming exports to affluent northern hemisphere consumers, says AgResearch’s chief science strategist, Stephen Goldson.

New Zealand trade officials have said concerns from the environmental lobby over the distance food travels from paddock to plate could undermine efforts to portray the country’s primary produce in those markets as environmentally sustainable.

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