A group of meat processing companies, directors, and managers have been fined for illegally altering exported tallow for profit, following an investigation by New Zealand Food Safety.

Tuakau Proteins, Taranaki By-Products, Wallace Proteins, Stephen Dahlenburg, Paul Drake, Glenn Smith, Glenninburg Holdings, and SBT Group, were sentenced on various charges under

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New Zealand Sugar Company has been fined for manufacturing, distributing and selling sugar products that were contaminated with lead during transport.

In November and December 2021, the company, trading as Chelsea Sugar, recalled thousands of packs of sugar because of potential low lead levels.

Two other product recalls were needed

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Clostridium perfringens has been confirmed as the cause of more than 100 students falling ill at a university in New Zealand.

Health New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) investigated the outbreak among pupils at the University of Canterbury’s University Hall in Christchurch. Students fell ill a few

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