EU auditors find faults on NZ dairies

New Zealand dairy farmers didn’t measure up well in EU-style compliance inspections.

Shortcomings were found on all three farms visited by two auditors from the EU’s Health and Food Safety directorate, to evaluate sanitary measures required for dairy exports to the EU.

In one farm visited, auditors said clusters having fallen on the ground were not properly cleaned before being re-applied to the next udder.