00:02Ordinary food staples, the centre of extraordinary allegations.
00:07A Four Corners investigation has raised serious questions
00:11around the provenance of everyday tomato and meat products.
00:15These sort of allegations need to be taken seriously,
00:17they need to be followed up, and we just can't have any truck
00:20with products or supply chains that involve slave labour.
00:24They should not be welcome in our country.
00:25We have strong laws when it comes to food security
00:31and we'll continue to examine all of those issues.
00:36In New South Wales, documents revealed to Greens MP Abigail Boyd
00:41show reports of mouse fur, metal shavings and horse meat
00:44in Australian food.
00:46She's called for an overhaul of the state's food authority.
00:50At the moment we have a regulator that is really,
00:53it seems to be enthralled to the food industry.
00:58It seems to be prioritising the economic interests of food producers
01:04over the safety and wellbeing of the people of New South Wales.
01:08We expect anyone in the industry to maintain and abide by strict rules
01:14as it relates to food preparation and consumption in the state.
01:17In a statement, the New South Wales Food Authority says horse meat
01:21was detected at an illegal slaughterhouse near Wagga Wagga,
01:25which was servicing the pet food industry.
01:28But it says it rejects any allegation horse meat has been found
01:31in food for human consumption and called on the ABC to amend the story.
01:36The New South Wales Food Authority says it conducts
01:39random surveillance testing on meat products for species identification.
01:50it's very...
01:51I hope something happened and that makes some food
