The Ministry for Primary Industries said it began its own tests in early August after being informed by Fonterra of the possible contamination.
Furthermore, it said its own tests suggested that its Silk Hydration and Satin Protection lotions "exceed the label claims, even after 80 minutes in water".
BP said that it was performing its own tests, but that the cleanup of oil was continuing.
Once the team has run its own tests, it combines its own findings with those of its "mystery shoppers" to create a rating for each business, which range from "elite" and "excellent" to, well, not-so-excellent.
The city grades its own tests, so it knows how many questions each student answered correctly.
It never may set its own tests, however persuasive be its usages.
Yesterday the Agriculture Department said that it had received confirmation of its own tests from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Waybridge, England, that a Holstein cow that was slaughtered on Dec. 9 had the degenerative brain ailment bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease.
In the episode last spring involving chicken feed, which got little attention, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said the consumer group's test involved too small a sample and was statistically flawed, but it did not move to conduct its own tests of the feed immediately.
Although the FTC does not conduct its own tests as EPA does, it relies on a standard set by SAE International and the results reported by automakers.
In a statement late Thursday, Halliburton said that it believed there were significant differences between its own tests and those performed by the commission.
(See "RBS Safe But Not Sound").. "We can assume Barclays has done its own tests and is absolutely certain that it doesn't need the money.
