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Food safety

Along with central government, local councils also have food safety responsibilities. Wellington City Council officer Mr Smythe is taking swabs from cups at Le Normandie restaurant in 1962.

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Kerryn Pollock, Public health – Managing public health, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31362/food-safety (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 18 April 2011, reviewed and revised 7 July 2019 with assistance from Richard Edwards.