Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
Back to profile1 entries
2026
Fresh is Best NZ Limited fined $39,000 for shellfish biosecurity breaches
Fine or penalty
Fresh is Best NZ Limited was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court on 13 charges under the Biosecurity Act and fined $39,000 after pleading guilty to illegally moving 6,720 live Pacific oysters and 2,069kg of live green-lipped mussels from a contained zone to a protected zone on seven occasions, risking the Bluff oyster fishery.
Source excerpt
A Southland seafood company has been fined $39,000 for biosecurity breaches involving illegally moving thousands of oysters and mussels and putting the iconic Bluff oyster fishery at risk.
Our investigation found Fresh is Best arranged the illegal commercial movement of 6,720 individual live pacific oysters and 2,069kg of live green lipped mussels from the Upper South contained zone to the Lower South protected zone, in breach of the controlled area notice, on 7 occasions.
Fresh is Best NZ Limited was today sentenced in the Invercargill District Court on 13 charges under the Biosecurity Act, following a successful prosecution by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).