February 2022 - New Zealand Food and Grocery Council

Health Stars on 3047 FGC products

Feb 21, 2022 | Latest News

NZFGC member companies continue to add food products to the Health Star Rating system despite the challenges of Covid – maintaining operations and an efficient supply chain and keeping staff safe. The latest update for Q3 and...

Bureaucracy to fore in business RATs access

Feb 15, 2022 | Media

The Government couldn’t have set-up a more bureaucratic system for businesses trying to access rapid antigen tests, says FGC. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says under the new system announced yesterday, workers have to front up with at least six different...

Proposed changes to cost recovery in MPI’s food system

Feb 15, 2022 | Submissions

Proposed changes to cost recovery in MPI’s food system – to Ministry for Primary Industries. Document

Nutrient Profiling System for Children & Young People’s Advertising Code

Feb 11, 2022 | Submissions

Nutrient Profiling System for the Children and Young People’s Advertising Code – to Advertising Standards Authority Document

Worker exemptions will keep supply chains open

Feb 10, 2022 | Media

Exemptions for critical workers announced by the Government will make a big difference to keeping food and grocery supply chains working. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the new exemption scheme is one the food and grocery sector has been demanding for some time,...

Pandemic phases like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Feb 9, 2022 | Katherine Rich Comments

One of the most disappointing aspects of New Zealand’s united COVID response is that, though well-intentioned, we don’t seem to build on lessons from each phase of the pandemic. Each time, we’ve found rules dreamt up by the Ministry of Health will either work...

Health backtracks on claim over Rapid Antigen Tests

Feb 8, 2022 | Latest News

The Ministry of Health has backtracked on a claim by the Director-General of Health that RAT kits requisitioned from private businesses were not already in New Zealand when the Ministry took them, Stuff reports. It says last month, when news broke that the Ministry...