9th April 2024 Labelling / Plant-basedThe NZ Vegetarian Society is drawing attention to the Vegetarian Approved and Vegan Certified trademarks, as plant-based products with vague product labelling proliferate.
26th February 2024 FSNZ / LabellingNew requirements about allergen information on food labels have come into effect.
27th September 2023 Food Safety / LabellingAuckland food importers have been fined $28,000 over failure to translate food allergen declarations into English on thousands of products.
28th March 2023 Labelling / NestleGlobally, around a third of the food giant’s sales comprise products falling at the lower end of the Health Star Rating scale.
1st March 2023 Labelling / OpinionCurrent food nutrition labels are not living up to their potential, write Deakin University academics, who take a look at Australia’s (and, by extension, New Zealand’s) food labelling system and how it could be more effective.
25th January 2023 Labelling / OpinionThe Food Compass could help consumers make informed choices about the food they are purchasing.
21st November 2022 Labelling / NestleThe food giant pledges to share more details of the nutritional value of its products, with the HSR system at the centre of its plans.
15th November 2022 Health / LabellingAll manufacturers participating in the opt-in system are required to have updated their labelling to reflect the upgrade to the Health Star system.
20th September 2022 Labelling / OpinionFood waste is a complex issue, but one simple change is following the UK and removing “best before” dates.
10th August 2022 Labelling / SustainabilityA Dunedin startup and researchers from Oxford University are separately devising eco-labelling algorithms – with the NZ venture starting with the muesli bar category.
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14th February 2022 Labelling / OilsTop New Zealand oil producer The Olive Press supports a call to extend country of origin labelling to its products.
10th February 2022 Labelling / PackagingNew country of origin regulations come into force on Saturday for fresh and thawed foods.
9th February 2022 Bayuble / LabellingA trial of the eco-stickers will start in July.
1st February 2022 Labelling / NZ PorkNew Zealand Pork is calling on consumers to buy Kiwi-produced pork after new country of origin laws come into effect on 12 February.
8th November 2021 FSANZ / LabellingManufacturers and retailers will contribute food information for an online consumer database of products.
7th September 2021 Imports / LabellingThe Commerce Commission has updated its information regarding country of origin labelling as part of the Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2021.
