This report presents the analytical results from the fourth of four quarterly sampling periods to be carried out during the 2009 New Zealand Total Diet Study (NZTDS).

This document presents the final outline and content for the 2009 New Zealand Total Diet Study (NZTDS) being undertaken by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA). This content was agreed following consideration of the comments received from interested parties on the proposed outline for the 2009 NZTDS published 30 June 2008.

The 2009 New Zealand Total Diet Study (NZTDS) was undertaken by the then New Zealand
Food Safety Authority (NZFSA1), with management and technical input provided by the
Institute of Environmental Science & Research (ESR). The 2009 NZTDS is the seventh such
study, with previous ones undertaken in 1974/75, 1982, 1987/88, 1990/91, 1997/98 and 2003/04.