据外媒报道，近日恒天然污染事件引发极大恐慌，新西兰反对党呼吁成立独立的食品安全机构。
由于不能确定进口产品的质量，俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦和白俄罗斯对新西兰乳制品发布了禁令。
新西兰第一产业部是去年成立的一个统一的部门，用于支持整个主产业的发展。新西兰反对党指出，对于新西兰这样一个主要依靠食品出口的国家，应当更能够依照国际惯例，成立单独的、独立的食品安全机构。
部分原文报道如下：
New Zealand's main opposition party has called for a standalone food safety agency in the wake of international bans on New Zealand dairy produce due to recent contamination scares.
Damien O'Connor, Labour's food safety spokesperson, said that the country needed to have an independent food safety agency or authority as is the case in many other countries, and that the current mechanism was failing.
"Bans by Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, because they can't be assured of the quality of our goods, show the Ministry for Primary Industries does not have systems in place to support our trade representatives who are dealing with food safety issues," he said.
原文链接：http://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Policy/NZ-opposition-We-need-an-independent-food-safety-regulator
日期：2013-08-21
