Imported Seafood
Graham Carter made this Official Information request to New Zealand Customs Service
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From: Graham Carter
Dear New Zealand Customs Service,
How much of our sold and consumed in NZ is imported?
How much imported seafood is checked and tested?
What precautions are taken to ensure that anti-biotics, antifungals and antiparasitics are not in imported seafood?
Does Customs recognize the Country of Origin labeling CoOL requirements
What oversight or monitoring is done or carried out to ensure the correct regulations are adhered too?
What monitoring is done to ensure that restaurants, processed fish – fish markets indicate where their fish comes from and whether they were farmed or wild caught?
Yours faithfully,
Graham Carter
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New Zealand Customs Service
Hi,
Please find attached a response for the below request.
Kind regards,
Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing Team
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From: Graham Carter [mailto:[FOI #4798 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2016 17:07
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Imported Seafood
Dear New Zealand Customs Service,
How much of our sold and consumed in NZ is imported?
How much imported seafood is checked and tested?
What precautions are taken to ensure that anti-biotics, antifungals and antiparasitics are not in imported seafood?
Does Customs recognize the Country of Origin labeling CoOL requirements
What oversight or monitoring is done or carried out to ensure the correct regulations are adhered too?
What monitoring is done to ensure that restaurants, processed fish – fish markets indicate where their fish comes from and whether they were farmed or wild caught?
Yours faithfully,
Graham Carter
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