The 188 submissions received bu February 8 will not be posted on the relevant section of the MPI website, an MPI spokesperson said.
Individual submitters can release their own should they wish to do so, as Fonterra has done.
MPI will now make policy recommendations for regulatory change to be considered by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and Cabinet.
MPI said it is common practice not to release submissions until the Government has made key policy decisions to protect the integrity of the process.
It has already posted supporting information to its discussion document, published on November 2.
That included two reports on dairy industry performance by Frontier Economics, 15 Fonterra responses to MPI information requests and preliminary opinions by seven other dairy companies.
“Should decisions be made to amend the DIRA, these will be subject to the full Parliamentary process,” MPI said.
“Therefore, all submitters will have an opportunity to review Government decisions, read all submissions received to date and make further submissions to a select committee later in the year – so there will be further opportunities to contribute to the process.”
