article_snippet: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has described the attack as a 'form of ecoterrorism'. '
article_snippet: Police have advised there is a low likelihood of the threat being carried out, but because of the nature of it, both the police and ministers have taken the treat seriously,' New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key said in a press conference in Parliament according to the NZ Herald.
article_snippet: New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key also added that testing through each step of the supply chain was carried out before the public was notified of the potential threat.
article_snippet: Mr Clement said the potential threat needed to be treated in a serious matter despite that fact the potential threat could be a hoax.
article_snippet: the potential threat is designed to cause fear in order to generate a domestic policy outcome,' Primary Industries Deputy Director General Scott Gallagher also said.
article_snippet: Chief executive Theo Spierings revealed the news of the potential threat made Chief executive Theo Spierings 'quite angry.'
highlights_snippet: a 'blackmail threat'
  Officials have assured the public there is no immediate threat to infants .