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Farrowing crates were set to be banned from the end of this year, but the government has just pushed the changes back a whole decade. What’s all this then? There was some big pig news announced last week, with associate minister of agriculture Andrew Hoggard (no relation) announcing a raft of changes to the Animal Welfare Act of 1999 .
Officials say farrowing crate changes could be done by 2030, but Andrew Hoggard extended it to 2035, a move criticised by the Greens: “He's the minister of animal welfare, he's not the minister of pig farming.”
Andrew Hoggard backed stricter labelling rules, but Cabinet opted out —prompting MPI to draft a near-identical standard minus the controversial clauses.
Andrew Hoggard advised NZ should sign up to a trans-Tasman infant formula standard - before Cabinet sided instead with manufacturers, an Ombudsman’s complaint reveals.
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