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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 25, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments
One of my favourite thinkers from the 20th century is Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I’ve read a lot about her life and her advocacy and have found her writings and works inspiring. Recently, as the New Zealand Food &...
Jul 17, 2019 | Submissions
Pullulanase from Bacillus lichiniformis as a processing aid – to Food Standards Australia New Zealand document
Jul 17, 2019 | Submissions
Food irradiation definition of herbs and spices – to Food Standards Australia New Zealand document
Jul 10, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments
The food and grocery sector (as it should) puts a lot of emphasis on health & safety. Be it on the farm, in the factory, in the distribution centre, on the road, or in the supermarket – involving everything from farm-bike safety and forklifts, to driving skills...
Jun 20, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments
The global food and grocery industry demonstrated a positive direction and how it’s working in the interests of consumers at Food Industry Asia’s ‘Food for the Future Summit’ conference in Singapore last month. It attracted leaders from across the food and grocery...
