Do present day pharmacy provided flu vaccines contain mRNA?
G. Reed made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
This request has had an unusual response, and requires attention from the FYI team.
From: G. Reed
Dear Ministry of Health,
I request under the freedom of information Act as to whether present day flu vaccines still include mRNA or is there now a moratorium on this?
Thanks
Yours faithfully,
G. Reed
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Reed,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 22 February 2025. You
requested:
“I request under the freedom of information Act as to whether present day
flu vaccines still include mRNA or is there now a moratorium on this?”
The reference number for your request is H2025061934. As required under
the Act, the Ministry will endeavour to respond to your request no later
than 20 working days after the day your request was received:
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch ([1][email address]).
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
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From: OIA Requests
Tçnâ koe Mr Reed
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health – Manatû Hauora (the Ministry) on 22
February 2025 for:
“I request under the freedom of information Act as to whether present day
flu vaccines still include mRNA or is there now a moratorium on this”
The ingredients of all medicines are publicly available on the Medsafe
website. As such in accordance with section 18(d) of the Act, please see
the links below to the Data Sheets and Consumer Medicine Information and
the Product/Application Search below:
· [1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/Medicines/infoSearch.asp
· [2]www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/dbsearch.asp
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this
decision, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team on:
[3][email address].
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [4][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
Ministry of Health | Manatû Hauora
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G. Reed left an annotation ()
I have thought about it and it is not so clear how I should proceed with this. I have requested help from the FYI team.
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The information wasn't presented in a digestible form. I will resubmit the request.
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