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Date:
10 February 2010
Subject
Primary Industries

986 (2010). Keith Locke to the Minister for Food Safety (10 Feb 2010): How many times over the past two years, in accord with legislation governing their activities, have animal product officers under warrant entered and searched any place and in the process used force to ensure the success of a legal authorised search; and how many prosecutions have resulted?
Hon Kate Wilkinson (Minister for Food Safety) replied: Over the last two years there have been no instances where Animal Products Act officers have executed search warrants and in the process used force.