New Zealand Herald

Friday, 22 June 2001, 9:32 am
Article: Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland

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Ministry cancer alert on soy sauce

The Ministry of Health has warned New Zealanders not to use soy sauce after a British survey found almost one in four bottles contained high levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals. The survey, by the British Food Standards Agency, sampled 100 soy sauce products and found 22 with levels of a chemical called 3-McPD that were well above a limit to be introduced in the European Union next April. Two-thirds of these samples also contained a second chemical, 1,3-DCP, which is also likely to cause...

Walkout strangles Auckland port

The Auckland waterfront, gateway for most of the nation's trade, has been hit by industrial action that could disrupt the port for weeks...

Drunk pilots to be grounded

Air safety regulators are working on a law change to help them prosecute pilots who fly while drunk. The move comes amid the dropping of charges...

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World News

• Five children killed in bath
• TV ham in court battle to save bacon
• West boycotts Pakistan Army leader's change of job
• Nato soothes Balkan worry over troops
• Guerrilla tape says bin Laden destroyed US warship Cole
• Bush appeals to Arafat, Sharon
• Iraq claims British, US air strikes kill 23 on football pitch
Business News

• New owner for Ford's wheels
• Commerce Commission seeks ruling on new merger laws
• Super six to drive Auckland region out of gloom
• On Energy losses spread to Australia
• Animators hole out with TV golf deal
• Dialogue: Export growth lags booming prices
• Dialogue: Lion, Allied - why not both?
IT News

• Animators hole out with TV golf deal
• Kiwis get a kick out of Computex
• Age no bar to cyberstalker
• More gloom as Commsoft's optimism takes a dive
• Dispute rages on calls to mobiles
• Merger extends to e-farming
• Multi-machine clusters promise to slash costs
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