New Zealand has affirmed that its food items are among the safest in the world. On April 26, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (nzfsa) released a report on chemical residues in the country's food supply in 2002-2003. The report is based on the results of nzfsa's monitoring of such contaminants. It includes the findings of the second quarter of the Total Diet Survey, the Animal Products Residue Monitoring Programme and the Dairy Monitoring Programme