Rebaudioside MD as a steviol glycoside from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Rebaudioside MD as a steviol glycoside from Saccharomyces cerevisiae – to Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Woolworths increases lead in Australia market
Woolworths has increased its lead as Australia’s top grocery retailer, taking its share of the total grocery market to 34% last year, up 1.4 percentage points on a year earlier.
Mondelez risk assessment tool
You can’t manage a risk unless you first identify it. Mondelez International uses Risk Assessment as a standard HSE tool. But what is Risk Assessment and how does it benefit the business? Risk Assessment is a focused examination of what, in the workplace, could cause...
Heinz Wattie’s boss Mike Pretty chairs FGC
Heinz Wattie’s Managing Director Mike Pretty is the new Chair of the NZ Food and Grocery Council. He replaces Tim Deane, former Managing Director of Goodman Fielder NZ.
Health Star Rating System Five-Year Review
Health Star Rating System Five-Year Review draft report, to Food Regulation Standing Committee, Canberra Submission document
Call for donations for Christchurch
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.
Geographical indicators sought by EU for protection
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
Protecting businesses and consumers from unfair commercial practices
Discussion Paper: Protecting businesses and consumers from unfair commercial practices, to Competition and Consumer Policy, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Submission document
More than 4100 products with Health Stars
There are now more than 4100 food products in supermarkets with Health Star Rating labels on them. Of those, 2449 were from FGC-member companies.
Sunscreens
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...