The Star: May 16, 2019

The Star Thursday May 16 2019
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Meat found on vegan pizza
• By Katie Harris
DOMINO’S PIZZA has
apologised for meat found on a
vegan pizza.
Kate Williams ordered two
vegan pizzas from Domino’s
Rolleston, but when they arrived,
she and her husband discovered
what looked like several pieces of
meat on both of the pizzas.
“I noticed the first piece of
meat sitting out in the open,
then two more that were easily
discernible. I grabbed a fork and
checked under the bits of mushroom
and spinach, and realised
that there were at least seven
pieces on just the one pizza,”
she said. The pair returned to
the store, where a staff member
apologised and they were offered
a replacement pizza and a dessert,
which was also not vegan.
Mrs Williams said she and her
husband were shocked that the
meat was added to their pizza
topping and no one in the store
noticed.
“I find it very hard to reconcile
that someone could miss that
much meat being accidentally
added while preparing a vegan
pizza,” she said.
Though they had not eaten
the meat, she said it was hard
handling “pieces of flesh.”
Mrs Williams posted her
experience on the Vegans of
DISCOVERY: Meat was found on a vegan pizza from
Rolleston Domino’s.
Aotearoa New Zealand Facebook
page and her story got more than
78 comments and 80 reactions.
The experience made Mrs
Williams and her husband, who
are committed vegans, question
going to non-vegan restaurants
for fear of cross-contamination
or this happening again.
“I would still like to support
non-vegan establishments
who are now providing vegan
options, but if they cannot be
bothered to ensure a reasonable
level of care and knowledge by
their staff when preparing this,
then they should not be offering
them,” she said.
A spokesperson from
Domino’s New Zealand
said it had clearly let its
customers down, which was
disappointing.
“We pride ourselves on
offering our vegan customers
choice, something we are very
passionate about.”
The spokesperson said
Domino’s has strict food
handling processes and will be
educating and retraining the
staff members involved.
THIS WEEK, Canterbury
University hosted the start of what
will be an important conversation
about the options that could
be developed for the future
ownership and governance of the
Otakaro Avon River Corridor
(formerly known as the residential
red zone).
I know there are strong opinions
about these matters. That’s
good. Every person I’ve talked to
wants the best for the city and in
terms of our place at the centre of
the South Island, what that means
to our region and beyond.
I am personally interested in
hearing all the pros and cons of
the different options and finding
ways of taking these into the
wider community, so that we can
fully engage across the city in a
meaningful way, where the exchange
of ideas is encouraged and
nobody is excluded from freely
expressing alternative views.
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
NEWS 23
Views sought on
future of Otakaro
Avon River Corridor
In my view there is not a
single right answer to any of the
questions that can be raised in
relationship to ownership, governance
and the need to attract
investment beyond central and
local government.
There is a lot to be done before
decisions need to be made as well
– making decisions about infrastructure,
including roads, pipes
and stopbanks and amalgamating
titles – so we have plenty of time
for this conversation.
And this is an inter-generational
series of projects, and we
could use the transition to test
future governance arrangements.
Anyway food for thought. I’d be
interested in hearing your views.
•If you want to ask Ms
Dalziel a question, email
mayor@ccc.govt.nz. Put
Reader’s Question in the
subject line.
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