A second major study has failed to find any evidence food products or packaging are transmission routes for Covid-19. The study was conducted by Drs Joanne Kingsbury and Rob Lake at ESR on behalf of the New Zealand Food Safety Science & Research Centre (NZFSSRC)....
The Commerce Commission has released a paper outlining the preliminary issues it may explore and the proposed scope for its market study into the grocery sector. It says it expects the issues it will focus on will evolve as their understanding of the sector develops,...
There is no evidence food, food packaging, or food handling are a source or transmission route for the Covid-19 virus, according to a study by the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods. It says: “Despite the billions of meals consumed...
The Food & Grocery Council is assuring New Zealanders the grocery supply chain across New Zealand is operating as usual, so there is no need for panic-buying. FGC’s Industry Relations Group is in regular contact with the major retailers Countdown...
The number of products displaying the Health Star Rating labels has continued to climb this year despite the Covid-19 lockdown halting non-essential work in many food and beverage companies for many weeks. At June 30, there were a total of 5250 products with the...
FGC CEO Katherine Rich and members Pic Picot of Pic’s Peanut Butter fame and Samantha Firsow of IRI will be among speakers at the 2020 FMCG Business Marketing Summit in September. Katherine will speak on marketing in New Zealand and around the world, Pic’s topic...
FGC welcomes the release of the latest growth and investment guide on the food and beverage industry. The Investor’s Guide to the New Zealand Food and Beverage Industry is part of the government’s Food and Beverage Information Project, whose objective is to...
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...
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...
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...
NZ agriculture scientists continue to show they’re among the cleverest in the world, with AgResearch announcing it’s developing a method of giving New Zealand exports a “unique fingerprint” that scientifically proves their provenance and could be used to deter...
Suppliers to the Australian supermarket duopoly of Coles and Woolworths are being squeezed as the companies fight for market share, according to a brand building specialist. Troy McKinna says to steal market share from each other and to combat ALDI’s low prices, Coles...
