Southland farmer Alfons Zeestraten has entered a not guilty plea to five charges relating to the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak.
He was scheduled to appear in the Invercargill District Court yesterday but no hearing was conducted before a judge.
He will now appear on April 8 for a case review.
Charges include unpacking goods from a container knowing the risk goods in the container were under the control of an inspector, without permission of an inspector or automated electronic system.