Best-Before Q&A

Sep 10, 2019 | Best-Before

What’s your opinion on best-before dates? Best-before dates provide good information to consumers and also confidence to manufacturers that their products can be presented and judged appropriately. They tell a consumer that before a certain date the product will be in...
Tackling plastic – it’s not all bad

Tackling plastic – it’s not all bad

Sep 6, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments

Plastic is everywhere. It’s used in almost every industry you can think of – construction, transportation, electronics, healthcare, and agriculture. And when you look down the supermarket aisle you can see how big a part it plays in the food and grocery sector. It’s...
Product tampering

Product tampering

Aug 27, 2019 | Tampering

FGC has twice written to the government of the day urging a review of New Zealand’s law regarding malicious tampering of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods to ensure it is fit for purpose, particularly in terms of penalties. In 2015, we wrote to...

Letter on malicious tampering

Aug 27, 2019 | News

Review of New Zealand law regarding malicious tampering and consumer goods – to Hon. Andrew Little, Minister of Justice Letter  

Genetic engineering

Aug 26, 2019 | GE

The NZ Food & Grocery Council supports the provisions of the Food Standards Code (Standard 1.5.2) with regard to genetic engineering. To date, our members have not taken up GE ingredients in food because there has not been a consumer benefit worth launching onto...

It’s a challenging time to be in business

Aug 26, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments

Confidence surveys show that after a positive start to the year, many businesses are struggling to deal with a combination of factors that are driving down their confidence to invest further in their own business, such as upgrading equipment or innovating. Two bank...

FGC responds to claims over packaged food

Aug 19, 2019 | Media

FGC has responded to claims by researchers that half of packaged food on supermarket shelves is unhealthy and that Health Stars should be mandatory as a result. Katherine Rich says supermarkets carry many thousands of options, and it depends entirely on what people...
Arataki turns to solar – and cardboard

Arataki turns to solar – and cardboard

Aug 14, 2019 | Latest News

One of New Zealand’s biggest honey producers and exporters, Arataki Honey, has announced two major sustainability initiatives involving power use and packaging. It has installed 250 solar panels at its production plant in Hawke’s Bay that it hopes will halve its...

FMCG companies lead way on sustainability

Aug 12, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments

Environmental sustainability has become a big part of most companies’ thinking and planning, and those in food and grocery are doing some of the ground-breaking work on this. Starting with the supermarket chains, everyone’s aware of their bans on the use of single-use...
FGC gets grant to tackle retail, supply chain safety

FGC gets grant to tackle retail, supply chain safety

Aug 5, 2019 | Latest News

FGC is one of five organisations to receive a grant from ACC to develop projects to help reduce injuries in the workplace. The $1.5 million grant is part of a $22 million injury prevention programme by ACC that includes the forestry and construction industries and...
FGC to tackle retail, supply chain safety

FGC to tackle retail, supply chain safety

Aug 5, 2019 | Health & Safety

FGC is forming a special group to help tackle injuries in the retail and supply chain parts of the FMCG sector. Using a $1.5 million grant from ACC, part of a $22 million injury prevention programme that includes the forestry and construction industries and three...
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