23rd April 2024 Imports / NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety is issuing new import rules for frozen berries following the 2022-23 outbreak of hepatitis A virus associated with the product, which affected 39 people.
15th April 2024 MPI / NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety has published an update to the Operational Code: Red meat post slaughter activity, specifically chapter nine.
4th April 2024 NZFS / RecallNew Zealand Food Safety is directing a recall of all raw fruit juice from Our Fruit Box or OFB and is advising people not to consume the product.
2nd February 2024 MPI / NZFSThe Ministry for Primary Industries has launched a consultation paper on a proposal to maintain and expand New Zealand Food Safety’s core regulatory services under the Food Act 2014.
11th December 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Kawhia region on the west coast of North Island due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.
6th December 2023 NZFS / PoultryNew Zealand Food Safety has launched a ‘Chicken Scene Investigators’ campaign for summer, encouraging consumer rigour around food safety over the warmer months.
29th November 2023 NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety has issued an amendment to the food notice that sets out requirements for registered food importers and imported food for sale.
22nd November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is extending its advisory to the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the East Coast of the North Island due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.
17th November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is extending its advisory to the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the East Coast of the North Island due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.
17th November 2023 Food Safety / NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety has published an amendment to two Risk Management Programme templates comprising farm dairies and dual operator butchers.
15th November 2023 Infant / NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety is seeking feedback on its proposed 2024 New Zealand Total Diet Study, which would focus on New Zealand infants and toddlers.
13th November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Northland east coast because of paralytic shellfish toxins.
2nd November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from Hawke Bay due to the presence of toxins.
30th October 2023 Imports / NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety is consulting on the proposed changes to the import requirements for frozen berries.
15th September 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from the Raglan coastline.
6th September 2023 NZFSThe sale of a seaweed tonic with little or no branding has raised a red flag with New Zealand Food Safety.
28th August 2023 Legal / NZFSA Canterbury meat business and its owners have been fined $84,500 for the illegal sale of unregulated homekill meat through butcher shops.
14th August 2023 Bakery / NZFSAll non-organic wheat flour for bread-making must be fortified with the B-vitamin folic acid from today, according to New Zealand Food Safety.
2nd August 2023 Imports / NZFSStrengthened food safety requirements for importers came into effect yesterday.
5th July 2023 NZFS / NZIFSTDr Rob Lake has been awarded the 2023 Significant Contribution to Food Safety Award, sponsored by New Zealand Food Safety, at the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology Awards.
30th June 2023 NZFS / RecallAll food businesses now need to do yearly mock recalls.
19th June 2023 New World / NZFSNew World Aokautere at Palmerston North is recalling a specific batch of its New World Aokautere brand NZ Beef Prime Mince due to the possible presence of foreign matter, namely metal fragments.
6th June 2023 Honey / NZFSNew Zealand’s regulatory definition of mānuka honey has been validated following a reassessment and will not be changed, says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.
13th March 2023 NZFS / RecallA further clutch of food manufacturers have been caught up in the salmonella-related food safety action that started with a mass recall by Life Health Foods two weeks ago.
22nd February 2023 KiwiHarvest / NZFSKiwiHarvest has worked with New Zealand Food Safety to enable the delivery of food that would otherwise have been classified as compromised following the floods in Auckland and Cyclone Gabrielle.
7th February 2023 NZFS / RecallNew Zealand Food Safety is supporting Source and Supply Co in its recall of Hobson’s brand sandwich ham due to the possible presence of Listeria.
30th November 2022 NZFS / RecallDavid Trading Company has issued a recall for poppy seeds that have mistakenly been sold through the retail channel, when they were intended for the wholesale market.
5th October 2022 Foodstuffs / NZFSSix Pams products are recalled out of precaution, while frozen berry importers place berries which can be traced back to Serbia on hold.
22nd September 2022 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety has today removed the public health warning against collecting shellfish from the Taranaki Coast – from Albatross Point to Oakura Beach.
14th September 2022 NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety is advising consumers, especially those with chronic liver damage, the elderly and pregnant people to consider extra precautions if eating frozen imported berries to minimise the risk of Hepatitis A.
6th September 2022 NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety is inviting public comment on the proposed revision of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act Guidance Document: Labelling Agricultural Chemicals.
30th August 2022 NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety is calling for public feedback on proposals to amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice.
23rd August 2022 Legal / NZFSTwo unregistered raw milk operators have been fined for separate incidents of trying to circumvent the rules that regulate the sale and supply of the product.
19th July 2022 NZFS / Subscriber ContentThere would be little protection against consumer outrage should a serious incursion occur, says NZFS’ DDG.
8th June 2022 Food Safety / NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety says the country’s high food safety standards are a testament to the hard work of thousands of Kiwis.
21st April 2022 NZFSNew Zealand Food Safety has updated its food recall guidance which it says makes it faster and easier for businesses to prepare for and conduct food recalls.
9th December 2021 NZFS / Recall“We expect businesses to run recalls smoothly in the interests of food safety, and that has clearly not happened here,” says NZ Food Safety.
28th May 2021 NZFS / PoultrySalmonella Enteritidis has been detected at an Auckland poultry farm, leading NZ Food Safety to undertake tracing work and industry testing, as well as taking measures at the farm in question.
