McAnulty KieranKIERAN McANULTY (Labour): Thank you very much Mr Chair. I'm sorry to disappoint the committee. I know how much you were looking forward to hearing from Greg O'Connor the member that won the Ōhāriu seat and he of course takes this bill very seriously—Hon Nathan Guy: Tell us about Wairarapa.KIERAN McANULTY: Ha ha! All right—I've been invited to share my thoughts on the Wairarapa electorate. I'm not too sure that's connected to this bill given that it is in the committee stage although I must say I was very pleased to reduce the majority by over 4000—yes.So the Food Safety Law Reform Bill 2016—I share in my colleague Greg O'Connor's enthusiasm for this bill because of course we all eat. We all eat food and we want it to be safe and it's very difficult to argue against that I must say. The purpose of this bill is quite clear. It is an omnibus bill—an omnibus in that it amends three Acts: the Food Act 2004 the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Wine Act 2003. I do expect there will be many calls on this bill probably calls that will take the entirety of their allotted time such is the significance of this bill. I expect that there will be calls on this discussing that wine has been included into this the Food Safety Law Reform Bill. But there is a very good reason for that: we are a country that on the whole relies on primary production and its contribution to our economy. We cannot risk undermining our image as a clean producer of primary production if we were to send something overseas that then did not fit our standards as a producing country and undermining the value that we can extract from those products because it comes from New Zealand.This bill is needed for a very simple reason and there is one particular event that led to the need for this bill and that of course is the Fonterra botulism false alarm. Praise the Lord that it was a false alarm but it created a question mark over New Zealand's reputation both here and abroad as a supplier of safe food. As my colleague the Hon Damien O'Connor stated in this House it was a massive and hugely expensive mistake for this country. We must learn from that mistake and this bill goes some way to rectifying that. This bill represents one part of our learning from this mistake and the inquiry that resulted from it the Government Inquiry into the Whey Protein Concentrate Contamination Incident as it is known.The value of New Zealand's reputation as the supplier of safe food cannot be overstated. You go anywhere in the world and you tell them that you're from New Zealand and they will tell you—perhaps you might be in Europe like I was when I was living in Ireland. You mention New Zealand; they mention New Zealand lamb or New Zealand butter and that is in a country where they are also known for their lamb and their butter but New Zealand's reputation preceded that. By amending the Food Act 2004 the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Wine Act 2003 this Government is committing to ensure that our reputation can remain intact. In terms of Part 1 the Food Act amendments implementing whey protein concentrate contamination inquiry findings I address my comments to the work of the committee on that part of the proposed bill dealing with the Food Act. The Food Act of course is only one of the three Acts amended by this omnibus bill but it is the overarching piece of legislation in our food safety system. Animal products and wine which are covered by the two other Acts amended by this bill are also food and are covered by the overarching provisions of the Food Act. So I will speak on Part 1 of the bill.I note that I am approaching the end of my allotted five-minute time which is a shame. I would take a second call but I note that many of my colleagues are desperate to speak on this bill and I would hate given that there's only 15 minutes left this evening to deprive them of that. But I am looking forward to being able to resume this contribution when I do get the opportunity which will probably not be for some time given as I mentioned the eagerness of my colleagues to speak on this bill.