{"id":13816,"date":"2015-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/dairy-firms-confident-of-safety-security-systems\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T11:00:00","slug":"dairy-firms-confident-of-safety-security-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/dairy-firms-confident-of-safety-security-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy firms confident of safety, security systems"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Synlait Milk has brought in round the clock physical security checks for site access, including photo identification for all staff at its plant in central Canterbury.<\/p>\n

Synlait and Westland Milk Products put out statements emphasising food safety as the highest priority for them and confirming their product security measures.<\/p>\n

Open Country Dairy chairman Laurie Margrain made the same point to FW, saying the group was supremely confident of its systems and site security.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic safety is number one for us and it is business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Synlait Milk had full end-to-end supply chain control from farm to containers for all of its milk powder and infant formula products, managing director John Penno said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Raw milk was quality tested and there was also comprehensive testing of finished product before it was loaded into shipping containers for export.<\/p>\n

Westland Milk chief executive Rod Quin said it was important to note the 1080 threat had not arisen as a result of any deficiency of NZ\u2019s world class, food quality system but was a criminal threat and was being treated as such.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very confident in our product security while within our manufacturing and distribution systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was no evidence the safety of any products had been compromised.<\/p>\n

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