Health Star Rating System

Submission to Health Star Rating Advisory Committee, Canberra, Australia, on Discussion Paper for Public Consultation: The Form of the Food (as prepared) Rules for the HSR System. Submission...

FGC welcomes important industry investor guides

The Food and Grocery Council welcomes the release today of the latest investor guides to New Zealand’s Food and Beverage Industry. Launched by Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy, the guides contain analysis of trends...

Food prices: NZ v Australia

Some food prices in New Zealand are higher than in Australia due mainly to economies of scale that come with a bigger population base, says FGC. The NZ Herald and Radio NZ asked FGC to comment on claims by ex-pats living in Australia that their food bill was much...

NZ’s phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons

Submission to HFC Consultation, Ministry for the Environment, on New Zealand’s phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and associated supporting measures (consultation document 2017) Submission...

Country of origin bill could affect family food budget

The Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill proposes major problems for popular and basic parts of the family food budget, NZ Food and Grocery Council Chief Executive Katherine Rich told a parliamentary select committee hearing submissions on the...
World Milk Day – The Director’s Cut

World Milk Day – The Director’s Cut

“Scandal” is the only word that describes the news that a NZ Food & Grocery Council video had failed to make the final cut of a world-wide competition to find the best videos to celebrate World Milk Day, June 1. The ‘Pass the Glass’ competition was run...