Ministry for Primary Industries fined after contractors suffer chemical burns on Southland farm
11 Feb, 2021 01:18 AM
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At the time, MPI suspected the farm was infected with Mycoplasma bovis. Photo / ODT
Otago Daily Times
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) was fined $30,000 in the Invercargill District Court today the first time the government agency has been prosecuted in relation to the health and safety of its contractors.
The fine was as a result of contractors suffering chemical burns while carrying out disinfecting during a suspected Mycoplasma bovis outbreak on a Southland farm.
The charges related to an incident on May 17, 2018, when contractors were taken to hospital after suffering minor or superficial burns to their arms, faces or hands as a result of contact with a chemical product while cleaning Southern Centre Dairies, at Limehills.
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A post circulating on social media allegedly lists family ties of prominent democrats to claim that the “media is rigged” or in cahoots with political democrats. Among those included are Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff.
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The list is an assortment of fabricated or inaccurate family links with some relationships that were once authentic during the Obama administration. Some segments of this claim have been circulating since at least 2014.
Some iterations of the lengthy posts include a text that reads: “This is what you call a ‘Stacked deck’. If you had a hunch the media was somewhat rigged and you couldn’t put your finger on it, this might help you solve the puzzle”.