21829 (2025). Steve Abel to the Minister for Food Safety

Written Question
Published date: 20 May 2025
21829 (2025). Steve Abel to the Minister for Food Safety: What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents, correspondence or information, if any, has the Minister or any member of their Office received related to the food safety of increasing the maximum residue limit for glyphosate from the default of 0.1mg/kg to 10mg/kg for barley, as outlined in the Proposals to Amend the New Zealand Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds released March 17, 2025, by date and title?
Hon Andrew Hoggard: I received one piece of correspondence on 5 May 2025, titled Glyphosate in Aotearoa New Zealand - Summary report on the call for information. The Ministry for Primary Industries is responsible under the Food Act 2014 for issuing this particular Food Notice and will inform me if the Notice is being amended and issued.