NZ Food Safety accused of 'very poor' performance over campylobacter
Verified: 3 outlets have reported this story since Nov 14, 2 of them from New Zealand.
MPI's food safety unit must do better than a press release telling the public not to wash their chicken, Professor Michael Baker says.
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2 outlets from New Zealand, where the story is: 1News, RNZ · how we count
- Nov 14, 3:24 AM UTCFirst reportHealth expert accuses NZ Food Safety of 'very poor' performance over campylobacter ratesrnz.co.nz ↗
- Nov 14, 3:51 AM UTC+27 minOtago Uni health expert accuses MPI’s food unit of 'very poor' performanceodt.co.nz ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 3:51 AM UTC · +27 min
- Nov 14, 4:30 AM UTC+1 h· you’re reading thisNZ Food Safety accused of 'very poor' performance over campylobacter1news.co.nz ↗
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same criticism by Professor Baker of NZ Food Safety over campylobacter, adding the agency's response; the figures given are a follow-up, not a conflict.
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