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2024 New Zealand Total Diet Study

Update – 19 March 2024

Final project outline and response to submissions released

New Zealand Food Safety – 2024 NZTDS final project outline [PDF, 2.6 MB]

Response to submissions – 2024 NZTDS [PDF, 2.3 MB]

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New Zealand Total Diet Study

Consultation background

The New Zealand Total Diet Study (NZTDS) aims to evaluate the risk to New Zealanders from exposure to certain chemicals such as agricultural chemicals, contaminants, and nutrients in a range of foods most commonly eaten in a typical diet. The 2024 NZTDS focuses on New Zealand infants and toddlers, one of our most vulnerable population groups.

We were seeking feedback on the proposed chemicals selected for monitoring, the proposed key foods list, and overall proposed approach for the 2024 NZTDS.

Consultation opened on Wednesday 15 November and closed on 15 December 2023.

Consultation documents

Consultation paper: 2024 New Zealand Total Diet Study [PDF, 1.2 MB]

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Total Diet Study

Submissions are public information

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People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

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