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Yet, in the past nine years, the Government has not prosecuted a single company for pesticide residue breaches.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace spokesperson Gen Toop said: &#8220;Every New Zealander has a right to safe, healthy food, but this shocking enforcement failure means that illegally high levels of hazardous chemicals are ending up on our plates.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Even after uncovering repeated breaches of pesticide residue laws by multiple companies, the Government has failed to take a single prosecution in almost ten years.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;These documents expose the Government\u2019s two-tiered justice system: it&#8217;s tough on crime for ordinary people, but soft on crime for powerful agribusiness,&#8221; says Toop.<\/p>\n\n<p>Food safety regulations in Aotearoa prohibit the sale of food with pesticide residues above what\u2019s known as the maximum residue limit (MRL). New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is the Government agency responsible for monitoring and enforcing these rules.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the documents, NZFS claims &#8220;in serious cases, enforced compliance action can, and is taken&#8221;. Greenpeace says companies have committed serious breaches in the last nine years and still evaded prosecution.<\/p>\n\n<p>In 2022\/23 NZFS found food with the organophosphate, methamidophos on it at levels thirty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.govt.nz\/dmsdocument\/65391-Food-Residues-Survey-Programme-Report-2022-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">times<\/a> above the legal limit. Methamidophos is so toxic it was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.govt.nz\/hazardous-substances\/rules-notices-and-how-to-comply\/specific-substance-guidance\/pesticides\/pesticides-getting-phased-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> banned <\/a>in New Zealand last year.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;This Government\u2019s &#8220;tough on crime&#8221; rhetoric is a complete sham. Instead of cracking down on companies that use agrichemicals illegally, the Government is letting serious offences and repeat offenders off the hook entirely.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>ACT party Ministers David Seymour and Andrew Hoggard have announced the Government is planning to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beehive.govt.nz\/release\/going-growth-multi-million-dollar-benefits-possible-farmers-and-growers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cut red tape&#8221; in hazardous chemical management<\/a> in New Zealand. 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