Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato
Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato
23 December 2025
NZ Food Safety has issued warnings after Over The Moon brand cheese products appear to have been taken from Putaruru Landfill - and re-sold in the town at well below retail price.
MPI is working with Police on the matter.
Deputy-director general Vincent Arbuckle says he's never encountered such a thing.
He says a landfill usually isn't a place where people go looking for food to resell, so it's very unusual and also very distressing for the company.
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