Displaying items by tag: Biosecurity

Monday, 16 January 2017 10:30

Super puppies named

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has named its first litter of a super breed of biosecurity detector puppies.
Published in General News
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 09:53

MPI’s super pups

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) hopes a new breed of detector dog will produce its best biosecurity sniffers ever.

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Some form of genetic technologies will in 10, 20 or 30 years be our primary defence against the inevitable biosecurity incursions that will occur.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 22 November 2016 12:55

Biosecurity 2025 Direction Statement launched

The newly launched Biosecurity 2025 Direction Statement will shape the long-term future of biosecurity in New Zealand, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

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Monday, 21 November 2016 14:53

Fruit fly stopped at border

Ministry for Primary Industries staff have intercepted four Queensland fruit fly larvae at Wellington airport, stopping the dangerous pest from making a home in New Zealand.

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Thursday, 10 November 2016 11:19

MPI introduces new mobile biosecurity x-ray machines

The Ministry for Primary Industries will introduce two new mobile biosecurity x-ray machines this summer to help keep fruit fly and other destructive pests out of New Zealand.

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Friday, 21 October 2016 13:10

MPI ready to handle foot-and-mouth outbreak

The success of an on-farm exercise run by the Ministry for Primary Industries shows that NZ is well prepared to manage the biosecurity aspects of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, it says.

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Monday, 26 September 2016 06:55

Tourism ‘flippant’ on biosecurity

The tourism sector appears flippant both on the risk their industry poses through arriving passengers, and the importance of biosecurity, Horticulture New Zealand says.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 21 September 2016 08:55

Compensation clarification

Compensation issues need to be clarified in the government’s biosecurity response guide, says a new report on New Zealand’s veterinary services.

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Monday, 19 September 2016 07:44

Little used quarantine facilities may go

Low-traffic quarantine facilities may be reduced under the latest move by the Ministry for Primary Industries to stop unwanted pests and diseases from entering New Zealand.

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