| Act |
Prosecutions Completed Successfully |
Prosecutions Pending |
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AGRICULTURAL COMPOUNDS AND VETERINARY MEDICINES ACT 1997 |
- One prosecution of six defendants for importing and
selling unregistered veterinary medicines - convicted on total
of 16 charges with $70,000 in fines.
- One
prosecution of three defendants for selling unregistered
agricultural compounds to orchards around NZ - awaiting
sentencing judgement from court.
- One prosecution of two defendants for selling
unregistered veterinary medicines - convicted on two charges
under the Act with $3,000 in fines.
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- One defendant charged with multiple ACVM offences
regarding the application of agricultural compound to animals
which were then submitted to RMP premises, processed and
exported.
Korean NVRQS tested beef at their border and discovered very
high levels of Endosulfan present in beef.
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ANIMAL PRODUCTS ACT 1999 |
- Five prosecutions of farmers for submitting bobby
calves with excessive sulphonamide residues to RMP premises, all
convicted with fines from $400 to $600 in each case.
- One prosecution of a home-kill operator operating as
a dual operator butcher while not so registered - convicted with
$1,000 in fines.
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- Four defendants charged re submitting bobby calves
with excessive sulphonamide residues to RMP premises.
- One defendant (also listed under ACVM above) charged
with multiple charges of knowingly submitting non-compliant
animal material for primary processing and breaches of human
consumption specifications for contaminated beef exported to
Korea.
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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1999 |
- One prosecution for ill treatment of a cow,
submitting the animal to the works with cancer eye - convicted
and fined $2,000. Also charged with a failure to provide for the
physical health and behavioural needs of the animal and fined a
further $1,000.
- One prosecution for permitting the
transport of a cow when it was in a condition unfit to be
transported - convicted and fined $500.
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- Five defendants charged with multiple offences
regarding the failure to provide for the physical health and
behavioural needs of cattle.
- One defendant charged
with ill-treatment of horses and failure to provide for their
physical health and behavioural needs and the contravention of
an enforcement order.
- One defendant charged with ill-treatment of
horses and failure to provide for their physical and behavioural
health.
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BIOSECURITY ACT 1993 |
- One prosecution for importing a cockatoo egg - two
defendants convicted and sentenced to a total of 450 hours of
community work.
- One prosecution of two defendants
for making a false statement to an inspector with regard to an
avian disease - convicted and sentenced to a total of
225 hours community work and ordered to pay a total of $6,000
reparation.
- One prosecution for possessing a hamster
illegally imported from South Africa - sentenced to nine months
supervision and ordered to attend psychological counselling.
- One prosecution for possessing and disposing biosecurity risk Dabur honey - two defendants convicted with
$4,000 each in fines.
- One prosecution for illegally possessing Rhododendron
seedlings and further attempts to possess Rhododendron seeds
- convicted with $5,000 in fines.
- Seven prosecutions for false or misleading statements
made to inspectors at the border - penalties ranged from
conviction and discharge to conviction and fines from $250
to $750.
- Twelve prosecutions for false declarations relating to
the attempted importation of biosecurity risk items
including meat and plant material (e.g. turtle meat, chicken
(wings, feet and innards), frangipani cuttings and milk
tablets).
- Twenty two prosecutions for erroneous declarations
regarding attempting to import risk items at the border -
fines imposed ranging from $200 to $400.
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- One defendant yet to be sentenced.
- Six
prosecutions pending for interceptions at the border for
attempting to possess risk goods and false statements to
inspectors in relation to these.
- Eleven prosecutions pending for erroneous
declarations.
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FOOD ACT 1981 |
- One prosecution for a bakery convicted of selling food
unfit for human consumption (a doughnut containing a fly).
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- One defendant charged for selling meatballs containing
excessive levels of sodium nitrite.
- One defendant charged for wilfully selling tahini
contaminated with salmonella.
- One defendant charged for operating a liquor
manufacturing premises without being registered pursuant to
the Health Regulations (Registration of Premises).
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FORESTS ACT 1949 |
- Two prosecutions for over-harvesting the approved volume
of a SFM Permit - one case resulted in a conviction and
discharge, one case resulted in a conviction with $56,000 in
fines/costs.
- One prosecution for over-harvesting the approved volume
of a SFM Permit - case dismissed on the grounds of failure
by MAF to follow due process.
- One prosecution for falsification of Indigenous Timber
Milling Records - convicted with $19,360 in fines/costs.
- Two prosecutions for milling indigenous timber at an
- unregistered sawmill - one case resulted in a conviction
and discharge with $452 in fines/costs, one case resulted in
a conviction with $1,952 in fines/costs.
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- One defendant charged with providing false or misleading
information to a Forestry Officer.
- One defendant charged with failure to keep Indigenous
Timber Milling Records.
- Two defendants charged with milling indigenous timber at
an unregistered sawmill.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND NEW ORGANISMS ACT 1997 |
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- One defendant facing 55 charges for importing and
disposing by way of sale illegally imported aquatic plant
material being new organisms.
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