10. Biosecurity Management—Import Health Standard for Mushroom Compost and BiosecurityRICHARD PROSSER (NZ First) to the Minister for Primary IndustriesBiosecurity Management—Import Health Standard for Mushroom Compost and Biosecurity10. RICHARD PROSSER (NZ First) to the Minister for Primary Industries: Why is the Ministry for Primary Industries developing an import health standard for mushroom compost which contains animal manure?Hon NATHAN GUY (Minister for Primary Industries): The reason why the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is developing an import health standard is so that mushroom compost which contains animal manure can be imported in a regulated and safe way. Richard Prosser: To the Minister—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! Sorry to interrupt the member; I just want a little less interjection so I can clearly hear the supplementary question.Richard Prosser: Can he categorically rule out any risk of importing the foot-and-mouth virus equine influenza or the virus that causes porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in mushroom compost that will contain bovine excrement as well as probably the faeces of horses pigs and other farm animals?Hon NATHAN GUY: What we have from the member is another crappy question. MPI—Mr SPEAKER: I will have just the answer please.Hon NATHAN GUY: MPI will be assessing all of the risks to do with the import health standards which will then go out for public consultation. It will be based on scientific evidence and the public will be able to have their say before the import health standard is implemented if they can indeed satisfy and manage the risks.Richard Prosser: Why is he trusting European certification given that in 2013 certificates labelled horse meat as beef and this year MPI was assured that fodder seed shipments from Europe did not contain pest plant seeds when they were full of velvetleaf?Hon NATHAN GUY: On this side of the House it is all about fair trade. MPI of course has been over and investigated the Netherlands plant through the whole process. They are now working on the technical aspects of the import health standard. As I said before to the member that will then go out for public consultation. I am sure that if the member looks in his Rangiora supermarket on the weekend he will find that there is New Zealand meat and there is imported meat as well.Richard Prosser: If the Government is prepared to put New Zealand's biosecurity at risk and expose local producers to unfair competition on the basis of nothing more than trade ideology will it take responsibility for the economic and other catastrophic consequences when it all goes wrong?Hon NATHAN GUY: We have many import health standards. As the member is aware and as I have told the select committee we are reviewing the import health standards on the seed pathway. These are very technical—we balance up the risks. This is all about fair trade and making sure that we have very strong biosecurity processes. And if the member is interested he might want to read this week's Farmers Weekly article where it talks about how Nathan proves to be a good Guy" when it talks about the focus I have on the biosecurity system. If the member has not seen a copy I am happy to table it for him."