NZFGC made a call-out to members and FMCG companies and organisations around the world to donate to support families affected by the mosque shootings in Christchurch. The call to the international community was made via Katherine Rich’s LinkedIn page. Here is...
Comments on objections to geographical indicators that have been sought by the EU as part of the EU-NZ FTA negotiations and that might be considered for protection for New Zealand, to Lead Negotiator, NZ-EU FTA, Wellington Document
Discussion Paper: Protecting businesses and consumers from unfair commercial practices, to Competition and Consumer Policy, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Submission document
There are now more than 4100 food products in supermarkets with Health Star Rating labels on them. As at 31 March 2019, there were 2449 products from FGC-member companies, with the remainder being the home brands of Foodstuffs and Countdown, and non-FGC members. The...
FGC believes a mandatory standard for sunscreens would be a good idea as long as it was overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, which oversees the Cosmetics Standard. It would a regulatory disaster for either Medsafe or the Ministry of Health to regulate...
GS1’s Connect 2019 conference will be held on 11 April in Auckland. It’s entitled ‘The identification of everything makes anything possible’. An impressive list of speakers include from Amazon, Google, NZ Food & Grocery Council, Foodstuffs, Consumer NZ, and...
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council supports Nathan Guy’s Private Members Bill to increase the penalties for those who intentionally contaminate food. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says that over the years, the Food & Grocery Council has advocated for a...
Proposals to improve cost recovery in MPI’s food system: MPI Discussion Paper No: 2018/15, to Cost Recovery Directorate, Ministry for Primary Industries Submission document
Ports of Auckland and the National Road Carriers Association are combining forces to improve delivery times and prevent delays of containers at the port. The move follows FGC asking importer members if they had trouble getting containers through Auckland in the wake...
