Nov 25, 2019 | Be treatwise
Be treatwise® is an initiative by the Australian and New Zealand confectionery industries that is designed to provide consumers with information to help explain the place that confectionery has, as a treat food, that can be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet and...
Nov 21, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments
Consumer NZ has done its annual “testing” of sunscreens and has hit the media claiming many sunscreens don’t measure up to their packaging claims. It’s nonsense. I’ve put “testing” in inverted commas because if the methodology used is the same as in previous years,...
Nov 20, 2019 | Latest News
There are now more than 5150 food products in supermarkets sporting Health Star Rating labels. At 30 September there were 2653 products from FGC-member companies – an increase of 155 in just the three months since June 30. The remaining 2497 are the home brands of...
Nov 12, 2019 | Submissions
Folic acid fortification: Increasing folic acid availability in food – New Zealand Food Safety Discussion Paper – to Ministry for Primary Industries...
Nov 4, 2019 | Submissions
Healthy Food and Guidance – Schools and Healthy Food and Guidance, Early Learning Services – to Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Ministry of Health...