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The Ministry for Primary Industries should reverse its decision to proceed with the lowering of the import health standards for pork, says Labour's biosecurity spokesperson, Damien O'Connor.

New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) says it will take legal advice to determine whether to take further legal action following the findings of a review into the incursion of the kiwifruit vine-killing disease Psa.

Appointment to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) means Matthew Stone from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will take a lead role in ensuring New Zealand fulfils its international animal health obligations.

Primary sector export revenue is expected to decline in 2012/13, a Ministry for Primary Industries report shows.

Restrictions in an Auckland suburb where one Queensland fruit fly was found may be lifted this weekend after no more have been found.

PIG FARMERS battling dismal returns fear a High Court ruling has condemned them to an even more uncertain future.

It follows the High Court’s decision to uphold Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) import health standards for pork. While an appeal remains an option New Zealand Pork has already spent $1.4 million fighting the case.

The Ministry of Primary Industries says there have been no new detections to date of the fruit fly in Auckland and no adverse reaction from trading partners.

Testing on samples from fruit fly traps in the Auckland Controlled Area has so far shown no sign of further fruit flies, says MPI.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investigating a find of a single male Queensland fruit fly in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill.