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Testing in Taukau for RCD

Gary Stephenson made this Official Information request to Minister for Primary Industries

Minister for Primary Industries did not have the information requested.

From: Gary Stephenson

Dear Minister for Primary Industries,

Could you please confirm reports that the carrots removed from Taukau by Massey on or around the 29th January that killed over 102 pet rabbits tested positive for the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Virus.

Could you also please confirm whether or not the chief technical officer approved the release by the market gardener in Jerrico road, in accordance with sections 52 and 53 of the bio-security act.

Yours faithfully,

Gary Stephenson

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From: N Guy (MIN)
Minister for Primary Industries

Good afternoon,

On behalf of Hon Nathan Guy, thank you for your email.

The Minister is considering your request in accordance with the Official Information Act and will reply to you in due course.

Kind regards,

Millie Carr
Private Secretary - Office of Hon Nathan Guy
MP for Otaki | Minister for Primary Industries| Minister for Racing
Parliament Buildings | Private Bag 18888 | Wellington 6160
DDI: (04) 817 9139

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Stephenson [mailto:[FOI #4036 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 21 May 2016 3:31 a.m.
To: N Guy (MIN)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Testing in Taukau for RCD

Dear Minister for Primary Industries,

Could you please confirm reports that the carrots removed from Taukau by Massey on or around the 29th January that killed over 102 pet rabbits tested positive for the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Virus.

Could you also please confirm whether or not the chief technical officer approved the release by the market gardener in Jerrico road, in accordance with sections 52 and 53 of the bio-security act.

Yours faithfully,

Gary Stephenson

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Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) left an annotation ()

Hi Gary,

I see you marked this "not held", but there was no substantive response from Nathan Guy. Did his office contact you outside of FYI.org.nz?

If so, are you are you able to share why they did so and if you know how they got hold of your contact details? (FYI.org.nz does not share your email address with authorities.)

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Gary Stephenson left an annotation ()

They only checked for chemical storage, they did not and do not have a method for checking if a dead infected rabbit carcass was used.
As this virus is reportable under World Health Organisation rules, this is a pretty bad show.

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