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  Stuff.co.nz Last updated 05:00, July 31 2016 The Aussies are beating Kiwi natural health exporters in capturing big overseas contracts because of delays in passing the Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill, an industry body says. Full article:  READ HERE      

  Is it safe to take fish oil supplements, or isn’t it? Consumers reading the Listener’s article Can Fish Oil Cause You Harm? could understandably be left wondering. At first glance the Liggins Institute’s fish oil supplement study findings appear to raise causes for concern but closer analysis reveals that all is not as it

Date: 22 Jul 2016 Media contact: MPI media team Telephone: 029 894 0328 Email: [email protected] The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Ministry of Health are confident a recent study provides no evidence of a food safety risk associated with fish oil supplements currently on the New Zealand market. Jenny Reid, MPI Manager Food

A research paper linking oxidized fish oil in rats to newborn mortality and maternal insulin resistance was recently published in the American Journal of Physiology. While GOED is usually not concerned with the media’s reporting on animal research, this particular paper was authored by Albert et al, the same group that published the January 2015