Jun 14, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
Ensuring accurate claims on product labels is critical to any business, and the laws are clear. Get it wrong or make a false claim and the result could be disastrous. It could lead to customers buying elsewhere, possibly leading to the demise of the product or even...
Jun 4, 2021 | Submissions
β-Galactosidase from Bacillus subtilis (Enzyme) – to FSANZ Document
Jun 3, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
There is no doubt the main reason the food and grocery sector was able to ensure New Zealanders were able to get through the COVID-19 lockdowns of the past 12 months or so with very little disruption to vital supplies was due to teamwork. That is, teamwork both inside...
Jun 3, 2021 | Submissions
Consultation Regulation Impact Statement: Policy Guidance: Menu labelling in Australia and New Zealand 2021 – to Australian Government Department of Health Document...
May 31, 2021 | Submissions
Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: discussion document and the Impact Summary – to Ministry of Health Smokefree 2025 Consultation...
May 26, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
Confirmation bias in research is a genuine problem. Some researchers set out to prove a hypothesis and interpret all information to match the conspiracy. That’s the only interpretation I can put on a study led by Auckland University researchers aimed at investigating...
May 19, 2021 | Latest News
The global supply network is under unprecedented pressure and New Zealand faces a double dose due to proximity and port issues, says FGC. Katherine Rich says: “Nothing is simple. Lead times for imported products have been stretched out by many weeks. “The cost...
May 5, 2021 | Latest News
FGC members emphatically support a mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct for New Zealand supermarkets. The key findings of an independent survey of members showed: 93% agreed a Code of Conduct is required to help rectify the power imbalance in the duopoly-dominated sector...
May 3, 2021 | Submissions
Comments on submissions to Commerce Commission market study into retail grocery sector, Preliminary Issues Paper – to Project Lead (Grocery Market Study), Commerce Commission...
Apr 22, 2021 | Latest News
The Commerce Commission has published comments from stakeholders responding to submissions on the Preliminary Issues paper for the market study into the grocery sector. FGC made a submission, as did Coeliac NZ, Foodstuffs North Island, and The Warehouse Group. The...
Apr 19, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
The role of an effective industry association is to advocate for its members in a strong and positive way. To achieve this, a clear strategy should be developed. The Food & Grocery Council’s strategy for its 300-plus members has three key planks to it: being a...
Apr 1, 2021 | Latest News
The Commerce Commission is seeking feedback on submissions received in response to its Preliminary Issues paper on the grocery sector market study. It says it received “an extremely positive response” to its online surveys, which were designed to help build a detailed...
