date:Dec 12, 2013
safety and assurance advisory council to provide independent advice and risk analysis
-- Fast-tracking work to consolidate and simplify legislation and regulations.
The government set up the inquiry to the causes and handling of a global food recall after a batch of whey protein concentrate made by dairy giant Fonterra was wrongly identified as being tainted by a bacterium that cause botulism. Another part of the inquiry is to look at the question of what happened and the regulator's response