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Did MPI review New Zealand-specific evidence on consumer and retail disposal behaviour, commercial food-waste streams, home composting, and municipal green-waste systems in treating the domestic waste pathway as low risk in the IHS Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption, and if so what studies or New Zealand-specific data were relied on?

Answered Question 35689 (2026)
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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Did MPI review New Zealand-specific evidence on consumer and retail disposal behaviour, commercial food-waste streams, home composting, and municipal green-waste systems in treating the domestic waste pathway as low risk in the IHS Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption, and if so what studies or New Zealand-specific data were relied on?

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Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity

Answer

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) reviewed evidence where available. Information about MPI’s assessment of waste on the blueberry pathway is available on the MPI consultation page: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/71896-Evidence-regarding-classification-of-blueberries-as-low-waste-pathway.