Food contamination

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017588

Description: A man holds a beer can and tells his wife that the label says 'Best before WWII'; his wife replies that it's only a guide'. Context - It has been estimated that New Zealanders needlessly throw away $750 million worth of food a year. That's around $450 worth of food per household. In Australia, the figure is even higher at NZ$815 for each household. This is all about confusion over the real meaning of 'best before' and 'use by' dates on food items. 'Best before' means quality may deteriorate after the date but the food is still safe and 'use by' means the food may be unsafe to eat . (Business Scoop 25 April) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017589

Description: An Easter bunny is delivering eggs to Easter Island statues and observes that one of the statues has not eaten the egg from last year. Context - this may mean that eggs are one item that are strictly not safe to eat after the 'use by' date. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004190

Description: Shows two men discussing the contamination of a cargo of corn that was transported in a ship that had earlier carried lead. One of the men who is writing a report with a corn cob says that the lead content of the corn was high. Relates to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) saying that it has come across lead contamination in cornflour milled from imported corn probably sourced from China. Published in Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'SG' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0017033

Description: Text reads 'News, Australians with peanut allergy are being warned not to eat seafood imports'. Two Australians are sitting on the deck of the house eating fish; a third person has dashed to the outhouse which has just risen into the air in a huge explosion. The man is astonished and wonders how 'crumbed butterfish could do that to her'. Madge says 'Unless it was ...Peanut butterfish!' 'FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) today advised Australians with peanut allergies not to eat imported crumbed fish and crumbed seafood products that could be contaminated with undeclared peanuts.' (by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) on Monday, January 31, 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017615

Description: The scene is the A & P Society's cookery competitions. A woman reads a newspaper with a heading that reads 'Crack-down on food not made in licensed kitchens'. A health inspector has condemned as unsafe the jam and pickles of all the contestants and one of the has jammed a bucket over his head. Another contestant tells her neighbour that 'the danger-to-your-health in Aunt Mildred's jam, isn't in the eating of it - but the telling her'. Published in Whangarei Report Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2008

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0007627

Description: Shows Two women chatting in a supermarket. One of them says that she sympathises with Chinese parents whose children have been made sick by milk contaminated with melamine but she is envious that they can afford to shop Fonterra. Refers to the melamine scandal in which milk has been deliberately laced with melamine to make it seem higher in protein and the melamine causes kidney failure in babies. Fonterra is in partnership with Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co Ltd., one of the companies involved in the scandal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025689

Description: Captioned 'A matter of priorities', two stretcher bearers carry a dead cow labelled 'NZ's clean, green image' to 'Spin doctors - fix anything'. One asks 'How much further?' The other suspects that the it is 'Some years away'. The scare over contamination of the Fonterra milk and dairy products in August 2013 had repercussions of New Zealand's 'green' and '100% pure' image, so sedulously promoted by the government. The attempts by government publicists to counter such damage seemed to take higher priority than the basic health aspects of the scare. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025817

Description: Panda bear alters tourist promotion slogan "100% Pure New Zealand" to read "100% Purge New Zealand". Refers to moves by China (represented by the panda) to restrict dairy imports from New Zealand following fears that some Fonterra products were contaminated. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025816

Description: Promotes a parody version of the fictional time travel machine, the Tardis, made by Fonterra and named the 'Tardiness'. Refers to long time delay by Fonterra in reporting a possible botulism contamination at one of its dairy factories. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0025804

Description: For a television audience, John Key makes a glass of milk using milk powder to demonstrate his "faith in the product" but then suggests opponents of the 2013 GCSB Bill should drink it. Refers both to the suspected contamination of Fonterra milk products announced in early-Aug 2013 and ongoing controversy over new legislation governing the GCSB. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025815

Description: Cloud labelled `Fonterra dairy products' hangs over New Zealand. The word `Contamination' is emblazoned across the image. Refers to recent fears that Fonterra milk powder had been contaminated by botulism and also plays on the Maori name for New Zealand, Aotearoa: the Land of the Long White Cloud. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0025847

Description: Depicts the headquarters of diary company Fonterra on a floating piece of the earth. Above the building are voice bubbles of their media statements about their infant formula botulism contamination scare. They deny ongoing issues. However beneath the surface are the issues of the damage that farming techniques are causing to the soil quality and water table. Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025853

Description: The aide tells the Politican that they've had to revise their 100% Pure campaign as 99% Pure, 1% Botulism due to a health scare. Refers to a ban on the importation of milk powder and whey protein from the New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra after a botulism scare. The scare has cast doubt on New Zealand '100% Pure' tourism brand (see TV3 News and The Guardian 5 August 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm); Twitter Inc (Firm); Facebook (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0026038

Description: Cartoons commenting on political and social issues worldwide, published on the Scoop news website. Accompanying note from the cartoonist states "Fonterra has now come out clean after the latest tests. Everyone agrees that we must test food. But, first of all, we must test the tests." Refers to scare over contamination of Fonterra infant formula milk powder product sold in China, August 2013. Cartoon was also self published on Martin Doyle's cartoon Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Doyle/607865899238901?ref=hl) and Twitter (Twitter@Mart_cartoons) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0024112

Description: A waiter explains to an indignant customer that the term 'Hors d'oeuvres' on the menu is not French for horsemeat. In Feb 2013 the secret substitution of horse meat for beef in horse-loving Britain was considered scandalous. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper); Timaru herald (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0024164

Description: Depicts rugby team running on to the field past cheering supporters in a stand. The sports commentator announces that the 'players are rarin' to go! they've spent the summer on the strength and fitness programmes, and on a diet of Tesco burger patties. So they're all up to about 50 horsepower'. Refers to discovery of horsemeat in beef burgers sold by supermarket chains Tesco and Iceland (The Independent 15 Jan 2013). This cartoon was published in the Timaru Herald on 4 March 2013, and in the Whangarei Report on 7 March 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0024511

Description: Cartoon shows a kiwifruit having a drink at a bar and vomiting. Refers to the recent contamination of organic kiwifruit after a supply of Citrox BioAlexin, used to control the bacterial disease Psa-V, was discovered to be contaminated with low levels of of didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DDAC), which is not approved for use in organic produce. Commentary from the artist: 'Hopefully our organic kiwifruit industry will recover quickly from its exposure to illicit substances.' (Scoop, 15 Apr 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0021631

Description: Shows a mouse in a bag of 'Funky Pumpkin Salad'. Context: A dead mouse in a bag of salad ruined the lunch break at a Christchurch business. The furry intruder was in a bag of mesclun salad ordered from produce store Funky Pumpkin. (Press 1/06/2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0026567

Description: Under the caption 'News: Further to our contamination crises, a survey found that, on average, we believe NZ to be 64.5% pure' is a poster advertising New Zealand as '64.5% pure' and featuring a bull and a cow jumping joyously as they pollute a stream with effluent and exclaim 'Sure takes the pressure off!' and 'You betcha...' A score of 64.5% was what New Zealanders gave on average when asked in the August 2013 Fairfax Media-Ipsos poll to provide their own ranking of New Zealand's environmental reputation. Considered one of the most successful tourism campaigns ever, the 100% Pure brand had come under unprecedented attack internationally in the wake of a botulism scare affecting New Zealand's biggest exporter, Fonterra. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).