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July 19, 2024

Further sesame seed recalls due to Salmonella fears

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

Following yesterday’s recall of imported sesame seeds, New Zealand Food Safety is supporting further recalls of sesame seed products due to the possible presence of Salmonella.

Media release – 18 July 2024: Recall of sesame seeds due to possible presence of Salmonella

“We have been working hard to identify and contact businesses that received the affected batch of sesame seeds from importer Davis Trading Company,” says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle. “This can be a complex process given the number of businesses involved.”

A number of recalls are being published on the New Zealand Food Safety food recall webpage at present for a range of food businesses.

Recalled food products

“As this is an evolving issue, with additional recalls possible, concerned consumers can reference our recall page for up-to-date information, including pictures, or subscribe to our recall alerts to receive email updates on recalls. Information on how to subscribe is on the New Zealand Food Safety food recall page.

“People can get seriously ill from salmonellosis, so either return the products to the place of purchase or throw them away.

“Symptoms of salmonellosis appear within 12 to 72 hours and include abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Illness usually lasts between 4 and 7 days but, in more severe cases, it can go on for up to 10 days and cause more serious illness.”

If you have eaten any of the product and are concerned for your health, contact your health professional, or call Healthline on 0800 611 116.

New Zealand Food Safety has not received any notifications of associated illness.

“As is our usual practice, New Zealand Food Safety will work with Davis Trading Company to understand how the contamination occurred and prevent its recurrence,” Mr Arbuckle said.

For further information and general enquiries, call MPI on 0800 00 83 33 or email info@mpi.govt.nz

For media enquiries, contact the media team on 029 894 0328.

July 18, 2024

Recall of sesame seeds due to possible presence of Salmonella

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Davis Trading Company in its recall of their imported Sesame Seed Kernels White Hulled retail packs due to the possible presence of Salmonella.

“Salmonellosis can be serious, so it’s important that people do not consume this product,” said New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle. “If you can’t return it to the place of purchase, you should throw it out.”

Sesame Seed Kernels White Hulled with a batch number of AAI/3890 and P.O. No of 780004 are affected by this recall.

The affected product is sold at Davis Food Ingredients, Auckland, who on-sell to supermarkets and smaller retailers nationwide.

New Zealand Food Safety is in the process of working with food business to trace the product and further recalls are a possibility.

Visit New Zealand Food Safety’s recall page for up-to-date information and photographs of the affected product.

Food recall: Sesame seed

If you have consumed any of the product and are concerned for your health, contact your health professional, or call Healthline on 0800 61 11 16.

New Zealand Food Safety has not received any notifications of associated illness.

The affected product has been imported from India. Food importers are responsible for the safety of the food they bring in to sell in New Zealand.

The product under recall was identified through routine testing and has been removed from the store shelves. It has not been exported.

“As is our usual practice, New Zealand Food Safety will work with Davis Trading Company to understand how the contamination occurred and prevent its recurrence,” Mr Arbuckle said.

The vast majority of food sold in New Zealand is safe, but sometimes problems can occur. Help keep yourself and your family safe by subscribing to our recall alerts. Information on how to subscribe is on the food recall page.

Recalled food products

For further information and general enquiries, call MPI on 0800 00 83 33 or email info@mpi.govt.nz

For media enquiries, contact the media team on 029 894 0328.

July 18, 2024

Suspension of unused or out-of-date nursery stock import pathways and reformat of nursery stock import health standard

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

Have your say

From 18 July to 8 August 2024, Biosecurity New Zealand seeks your feedback on 2 proposed changes to the import health standard Importation of Nursery Stock.

The proposed changes are:

reformatting the standard to make it more user-friendly
suspending pathways (plant genus from a specific country) that are not used and/or are out of date.

We are proposing these changes to ensure:

the standard is useable
we can focus on the pathways that are important to the sector.

Further details about the proposed changes are on this page:

Questions and answers sessions

During the consultation period, we will run 2 online sessions using Microsoft Teams. The sessions are a chance for you to ask us questions about the proposals.

Date and time of the sessions

Tuesday 23 July: 10am to 11am.
Thursday 25 July: 12:30pm to 1:30pm.

To attend a session, tell us your preferred day in an email to plantimports@mpi.govt.nz

We will then send you an invitation link to that session.

Making your submission

We must get your feedback before 5pm on 8 August 2024.

Email your submissions to plantimports@mpi.govt.nz

We will read and consider all feedback received and make any changes necessary before publishing the final decisions, which we expect to be in late August or early September.

Questions to consider before making your submission

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Reformatting the import health standard

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We are seeking your feedback on the usability of the reformatted import health standard.

Will you be able to find requirements for a commodity more easily than in the existing standard?
Did you encounter any new issues using the proposed reformatted standard?

The proposed reformat is not intended to change any requirements in the standard. However, when you read the reformatted standard, you may have questions or concerns that also apply to the current standard. We want to hear about these concerns to guide our future prioritisation process. However, we will not address them as part of this proposed amendment.

Suspension of pathways that are not used and/or are out of date

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Before finalising our decision, we would like to hear from you about:

the impacts this proposal may have on you
any plant genera or species proposed for suspension that you have a viable and valid interest in importing
the demand for – and opportunities for New Zealand in – plant species that are on the proposed suspension list, and that you are concerned about
any relevant information we may have missed while developing this proposal.

We will assess the information you provide, and we may need to seek further clarification from you. We will take this information, and any details relating to pest threats that would need to be addressed, into account during our decision-making. We expect that much of your information will be able to guide our prioritisation processes in the future.

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

What is being proposed?

These details should be read along with the consultation documents

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Reformatting the import health standard

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We are proposing to reformat the import health standard Importation of Nursery Stock to make it more user-friendly and align it with modern standards. This involves:

standardising the language used across the document (including updating the name of the import health standard to Plants for Planting)
standardising the order of information and requirements for all species and commodity types
correcting errors and omissions
providing links and summary tables to aid navigation and reduce how many places a reader needs to look to understand the requirements for a particular import.

The consultation documents include a shortened sample of the reformatted standard for you to assess. This sample includes the introductory and general sections of the standard in full, but only includes, as an example, a small number of the schedules of specific entry requirements.

Suspension of pathways that are not used and/or are out of date

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We are proposing to suspend unused and or out-of-date pathways in the import health standard Importation of Nursery Stock for several reasons. Our goal in doing this is to focus our efforts on the plants for planting pathways that are important to the sector, and which will have positive impacts and benefits to New Zealand.

459 of the 1927 genera covered by the standard have been imported in the past 11 years.
The rest of the genera haven’t been imported in the past 11 years, and in most cases, haven’t been imported for over 25 years.
Even though the pathways haven’t been used, our processes for assessing emerging pest threats still need to take these pathways into account, using resource that could be better used elsewhere.
Many of the pathways we intend to suspend would need a significant review and require updating due to pest threats that have to date remained unaddressed.
We want to be transparent about the pathways that are up to date, so that importers can invest in their importing projects with confidence.

One of the consultation documents is a complete list of genera eligible for import under the nursery stock standard with details on how the proposed changes will affect them.

We expect that some pathways proposed for suspension will be of interest to you, or that you may have been working on plans to import. We need your guidance about those. We want to know which pathways you have an interest in and intend to use to help us with our decision-making and potential priorities for future review.

More details about the pathways and our review

Biosecurity New Zealand has completed a review of the import health standard Importation of Nursery Stock to examine what pathways have been traded on and have effective import requirements to manage biosecurity risks. We have identified pathways on which safe trade can and does occur, and others which will need a review of biosecurity risks and may need new import requirements. Until this review can happen, pathways will be suspended to ensure we are transparent about the pathways that cannot be used.

Importation of Nursery Stock [PDF, 3.5 MB]

Currently there are 1,927 genera that are covered by the nursery stock import health standard. 459 genera in varying forms (whole plants, cuttings, bulbs, and tissue culture) have been imported in the last 11 years. We are satisfied that the requirements for these imported pathways appropriately manage biosecurity risks.

Where imports are active for some commodity types, only the unused and unmaintained riskier pathways are proposed for suspension. For example, if dormant cuttings have been maintained, dormant cuttings and tissue culture would remain open, and whole plants and bulbs would be suspended. We have used international guidelines to determine the threshold for level of risks between commodity types (Annex 1 of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures 36: Integrated Measures for Plants for Planting ).

There are many pathways that have known biosecurity risks identified through MPI’s Emerging Risks System and or have not been used nor maintained. There have been many changes over the last 11 or more years including in pest distribution, trade patterns, international standards, reliance on testing, changes in risk tolerance, changes in industry perception of risk, and new pest discoveries. A review of pathways considers these factors.

About 60% of eligible genera have not been imported since retrievable digital records began in 1998.
A further 13% genera have not been imported since 2013.
Less than 1% of genera have been used and maintained but have identified biosecurity risks which potentially need more management.

We propose to suspend pathways under Section 24B of the Biosecurity Act 1993.

What’s next if a pathway is suspended?

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Pathway suspension is not a permanent situation. Pathways can be re-opened after biosecurity risk is assessed and we can ensure the standard is effective at managing risks.

The feedback we receive, especially about pathways you intend to use, will help shape our standard maintenance and development programme for the future.

After suspension, Biosecurity New Zealand will be able to focus effort on reviewing pathways that are a priority. There are 3 expected ways forward.

Some pathways will be reviewed and reopened.
Some pathways will remain suspended while reviews are upcoming.
After consultation at a later date, some pathways will be revoked if there is no interest or priority to review them.

Whether pathways are suspended or revoked the plants could be imported again after a review and consultation on new import requirements. Plants will remain listed on the Plants Biosecurity Index with the appropriate status.

Plants Biosecurity Index

July 18, 2024

Removal notice — section 318(1)(bc)

Source: Companies Office – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Removal notice — section 318(1)(bc)

Notice of intention to remove 1 company from the Companies Register.

I intend to remove the following company from the register under section 318(1)(bc) of the Companies Act 1993 . I have reasonable grounds to believe that the company, or one or more of its directors or shareholders, has intentionally provided the Registrar with inaccurate information.

Unless, under section 321 of the Companies Act 1993, written objection to removal of the above company is delivered to the Registrar by 20 August 2024, being not less than 20 working days from the date of this notice, the Registrar is required to remove the companies from the register.

Dated this 18th day of July 2024

SANJAI RAJ
Registrar of Companies

You can object to the removal of a company using our online service.

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July 12, 2024

Border processing levies: proposals for levy period starting on 1 December 2024

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

Have your say

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) are consulting on options to reset the Border Processing Levy. The levy is set to recover the costs associated with clearing international travellers on their arrival to and departure from New Zealand. Note, MPI’s levies only pertain to arriving international travellers.

Your feedback is sought on the 6 proposed levy rates.

A summary table of the proposed levy rates is on this page. Full details about the proposals, the consultation document, and instructions for making a submission are on the NZ Customs’ website.

Consultation opened on 12 July and closes on 9 August 2024.

Border Processing Levy consultation – NZ Customs

Summary table of proposed levy rates

Levy	Current rates	Proposed rates	Current cap	Proposed new cap
NZ Customs’ Border Processing Levy charges
All arriving air and sea travellers (non-cruise)	$16.59	$14.17	$17.42	$15.91
Arriving cruise ship travellers	$11.48	$21.54	$16.44	$22.61
All departing air and sea travellers (non-cruise)	$4.52	$3.45	$4.75	$3.66
Departing cruise ship travellers	$4.55	$2.31	$5.97	$3.71
MPI’s Border Processing Levy charges
All arriving air and sea travellers (non-cruise)	$16.92	$16.92	$17.77	$17.77
Arriving cruise ship travellers	$10.58	$10.58	$11.11	$11.11

There is also a proposal to change the start of the next levy period to 1 July 2027.

Making your submission

Email your submission by 5pm on 9 August 2024 to consultingonfeesandlevies@customs.govt.nz

You can also send your submission by post to:

Consultation: Recovering the costs of border processing services
New Zealand Customs Service
PO Box 2218
Wellington 6140.

Further details are on the NZ Customs website.

Border Processing Levy consultation – NZ Customs [link]

July 9, 2024

Workshops to help boost animal welfare capacity during civil defence emergencies

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is leading a national effort to increase the number of New Zealanders trained to care for and handle companion animals during civil defence emergencies.

“About two thirds of New Zealand homes have at least one companion animal, such as a dog, cat, or bird,” MPI’s team leader for animal welfare emergency management Gina Kemp.

“In emergencies, people are often reluctant to evacuate if they are not able to take their pets. This can put their lives in danger and those of emergency responders.

“MPI is partnering with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to deliver 13 two-day training workshops across the country to help grow skills and capacity among councils, government agencies, zoos, wildlife parks, and iwi organisations.

“The first workshop is being held in Wellington on 13 to 14 July 2024 and is fully booked.

“Through training provider Fire Rescue and First Response, participants will be taught an NZQA-registered unit standard on providing companion animal welfare during a civil defence emergency.

“A key part of the training will be to teach organisations how to set up temporary animal shelters, such as the facility operated at the Hastings Racecourse to care for companion animals, wildlife, and horses during Cyclone Gabrielle. It’s where we were first introduced to IFAW’s Oceania team who were supporting the shelter’s operations.

“Existing shelters and pounds are regularly full. These workshops will increase knowledge among people running evacuation centres during civil defence emergencies to handle animals.

“That includes training on preventing injuries and the spread of diseases, such as those that can be transmitted between animals and people.”

IFAW says emergencies can be stressful for people and their pets.

“Our partnership with MPI will help reduce barriers to people taking their companion animals to evacuation centres or shelters during emergencies while improving animal welfare outcomes,” IFAW’s animal rescue programme officer Robert Leach says.

“We will share our experience and case studies gained from decades of IFAW leading disaster response efforts across the globe.

“Most recently we helped save pets and wildlife from Ukrainian war zones, wildfires in Greece, and floods in France, and we continually assist authorities and communities around the world to prepare for and respond to disasters.”

MPI has received almost 200 expressions of interest from people and organisations keen to take part in the workshops.

For further information and general enquiries, call MPI on 0800 00 83 33 or email info@mpi.govt.nz

For media enquiries, contact the media team on 029 894 0328.

July 9, 2024

Application for mātaitai reserve around the Ruapuke Island Group, Foveaux Strait, Southland

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

Your views sought

Topi Whānau, Whaitiri Whānau, and Te Rūnaka o Awarua have applied for a mātaitai reserve around the Ruapuke Island Group, Foveaux Strait. This application is made on behalf of landowners of the Ruapuke Island Group.

Topi Whānau, Whaitiri Whānau and Te Rūnaka o Awarua and Fisheries New Zealand will hold a public meeting to discuss the application and invite submissions on the proposal from the local community.

This is the first of 2 consultations that will be held about the application.

Find out about the second consultation

This is a new mātaitai reserve application for Ruapuke Island. Those who submitted on a similar application in June to September 2023 will be contacted individually and will have the opportunity to amend or withdraw based on the new application.

What’s being proposed?

The approximate area of the proposed mātaitai reserve includes the South Island fisheries waters around the Ruapuke Island Group, Katiapā (Seal Rocks), Papatea / Kauati-a-Tamatea (Green Island), Hinewaikārara (the Hazelburgh Group), Motuharo / Motuhara (Bird Island), Pōhutuwai (White Island), and includes the nearby named and unnamed rocks and isletsPōhutuwai (White Island), and includes the nearby named and unnamed rocks and islets.

Consultation documents

Map of the proposed Ruapuke mātaitai reserve [PDF, 572 KB]

Application for Ruapuke mātaitai reserve [PDF, 253 KB]

Public meeting planned for Bluff

As part of this consultation, a public meeting will be held in Bluff to discuss the application.

Date: Thursday, 25 July 2024.
Time: 7pm.
Venue: Te Rau Aroha Marae, 8 Bradshaw Street, Bluff.

Contact details and location of marae – Te Rau Aroha Marae

Making your submission

Written or electronic submissions are invited from the local community on the application. The local community is defined as those who own land in the proximity of the proposed mātaitai reserve, or have a place of residence in the proximity of the proposed mātaitai reserve and have been in occupation for a cumulative period of no less than 3 months in the 3 consecutive years immediately prior to June 2024.

Submissions close at 5pm on Monday, 19 August 2024.

Email your submission to FMSubmissions@mpi.govt.nz

While we prefer email, you can post your submission to:

Fisheries Management – Spatial Allocations
Fisheries New Zealand
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140.

Public notices about this consultation

Public notices about the meeting with the local community and the call for submissions are scheduled to be published in the Otago Daily Times and the Southland Times on:

Tuesday 9 July 2024
Thursday 18 July 2024.

A notice is also scheduled to appear in the Southland Express on Thursday, 11 July 2024.

A second consultation is planned

After the local community consultation period has closed, Fisheries New Zealand will hold a second consultation.

This will invite written or electronic submissions from persons who take fish, aquatic life, or seaweed or own quota, and whose ability to take such fish, aquatic life, or seaweed, or whose ownership interest in quota may be affected by the proposed mātaitai reserve.

The second consultation will be advertised in the same newspapers and on this website.

The application proposes a number of conditions to allow specified commercial fishing activities to continue.

About mātaitai reserves

A mātaitai reserve is an identified traditional fishing ground and is established for the purpose of customary food gathering. Mātaitai reserves are limited to fisheries waters and do not include any land area.

Mātaitai reserves do not change any existing arrangements for access to private land.

Mātaitai reserves do not affect private landowners’ land titles, or their ability to exercise resource consents for such things as taking water or extracting gravel or sand. Resource consents are managed under the Resource Management Act 1991.

Find out more about mātaitai reserves

Fisheries (South Island Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999 – NZ Legislation

Recreational fishing

When a mātaitai reserve is established, the recreational fishing rules do not change. However, the Tangata Tiaki for a mātaitai reserve may propose changes to the rules at a later date.

July 7, 2024

Tahini recalled due to possible presence of Salmonella

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting AB World Foods Pty Limited in its recall of Al’Fez branded tahini due to the possible presence of Salmonella.

Products affected by the recall include 160g jars of Al’Fez Tahini Paste with a batch marking of 3355 and a best before date of 06 2025.

Up-to-date information about affected products, including pictures, is available on New Zealand Food Safety’s recall webpage.

Al’Fez Natural Tahini Paste

“Salmonellosis can be serious, so it is important that people do not eat these products,” says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.

“Symptoms can appear within 12 to 72 hours and include abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Illness usually lasts between 4 and 7 days but, in more severe cases, it can go on for up to 10 days and cause more serious illness.

“If you have consumed any of these products and are concerned for your health, contact your health professional, or call Healthline on 0800 61 11 16.”

The affected product is imported to New Zealand from Australia and was manufactured in Poland. It has been sold throughout the South Island in selected Foodstuff South Island stores. The product has been removed from shelves.

Food importers are responsible for the safety of the food they bring in to sell in New Zealand.

In addition to this, certain high-risk foods, including tahini, require a food-safety clearance at the border. To gain food safety clearance, an importer may need to provide an official certificate, other documentation, or product may require sampling and testing when it arrives in New Zealand. No testing can be fail-safe, so the additional required controls put in place by an importer are critical.

“As is our usual practice, New Zealand Food Safety will be working with the food businesses involved to understand how the contamination occurred and prevent its recurrence.”

New Zealand Food Safety has not received any reports of associated illness.

Subscribe to our food recalls page to be emailed up-to-date information about recalls.

Subscribe to MPI

For further information and general enquiries, call MPI on 0800 00 83 33 or email info@mpi.govt.nz

For media enquiries, contact the media team on 029 894 0328.

July 4, 2024

Outstanding commitment to food safety and quality science recognised

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety is pleased to congratulate Dr Pierre Venter for taking out this year’s Significant Contribution to Food Safety Award at the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology Awards last night.

Dr Venter leads a team at Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited who are behind the co-operative’s food safety and quality science that underpins risk management.

As Director of Research and Development at Fonterra, Dr Venter has more than 20 years of innovation and extensive experience under his belt.

“We are delighted to present Dr Venter with the award,” says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle. “He has contributed immensely to food safety in New Zealand and internationally throughout his career. He has built a reputation for transformation, operations optimisation, innovative strategic thinking, working with the highest level of integrity, and a deep commitment to product leadership culture and people development.”

Among his team’s many significant achievements are 2 global patents: a tool for advanced risk communication with a broad range of risk managers, including regulators and customers, and spatial modelling of pathogen distribution inside manufacturing facilities.

“He has shown leadership in food safety science more broadly through his active support of other New Zealand businesses, dealing with food safety and quality challenges, fundamental research supervising post-graduate students, and his contributions to the New Zealand Food Safety and Science Research Centre,” says Mr Arbuckle.

Dr Venter hopes the award will inspire others to undertake a food safety career and to continue innovative thinking and growth of the discipline.

“Food safety is not merely a matter of science and technology, but also of social and ethical commitment. Much of my career has been dedicated to advancing the understanding and application of food safety science, and to collaborating with various partners to ensure the highest standards of food quality and safety,” Dr Venter says.

“This award reflects the collaborative efforts and accomplishments of many in the food safety community, and in particular the team at the Fonterra Research and Development Centre.”

Mr Arbuckle says New Zealand Food Safety’s support of the award is a tangible opportunity to recognise champions of food safety culture, research and applications in food production.

“We applaud Dr Venter, award nominees and past winners whose innovation and commitment support New Zealand’s world-class food safety system,” says Mr Arbuckle.

Previous winners of the Significant Contribution to Food Safety Award include Dr Rob Lake (2023) and Plant and Food’s Food Safety and Preservation Team (2022).

See our website for more information.

Significant Contribution to Food Safety Award

For further information and general enquiries, call MPI on 0800 00 83 33 or email info@mpi.govt.nz

For media enquiries, contact the media team on 029 894 0328.

July 2, 2024

Morinaga baby biscuits recalled due to possible animal droppings

Source: Ministry for Primary Industries

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Tokyo Food Company Ltd and Wholesale Club in their recall of imported Morinaga brand Manna Bolo baby biscuits because the products may contain animal droppings.

“The concern with these biscuits is that they are marketed at babies and young children, who could get seriously sick from bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella if they swallow animal droppings,” says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.

“These products should not be eaten. People can return them to the place of purchase for a refund or, if that’s not possible, throw them away.”

The affected products are imported and have also been recalled in Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. They are sold at ethnic grocery stores nationwide.

Visit New Zealand Food Safety’s recall page for more information and photographs of the affected product.

Morinaga brand Manna Bolo

Symptoms of salmonellosis and E. coli infection include stomach cramps, diarrhoea, fever, headache, nausea, and throwing up.

If your child has consumed any of these biscuits and you are concerned for their health, contact your health professional, or call Healthline on 0800 61 11 16 for free advice.

New Zealand Food Safety has not received any complaints or notifications of associated illness.

The products have been removed from store shelves and have not been re-exported.

“Japanese food safety authorities are responsible for this matter, and we have not been informed which type of animal dropping this might be,” Mr Arbuckle said.

The vast majority of food sold in New Zealand is safe, but sometimes problems can occur. Help keep yourself and your family safe by subscribing to our recall alerts.

More information on how to subscribe

For further information and general enquiries, call MPI on 0800 00 83 33 or email info@mpi.govt.nz

For media enquiries, contact the media team on 029 894 0328.