News - New Zealand Food and Grocery Council

FGC welcomes Govt response to obesity taskforce report

Nov 16, 2019 | Media

The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council welcomes the Government’s positive response to the report of Food Industry Taskforce on Addressing Factors Contributing to Obesity, released today. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says she is encouraged Ministers David Clark...

Synlait purchase of Dairyworks great for industry

Oct 25, 2019 | Media

Synlait Milk’s acquisition of Canterbury company Dairyworks is great news for the New Zealand dairy industry, says Katherine Rich. “This is an exciting development. It brings together two innovative companies and reunites a dairy industry dream team of Leon Clement...

Clearing up confusion around sunscreens

Oct 24, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments, Sunscreens

Slip-Slop-Slap was a popular sun-care campaign known by those generations who remember the 1980s. It came with a catchy tune and a cute bird mascot, and the message was so simple that small children could understand it. Years later the word ‘Wrap’ was added, as in...

Pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages

Oct 24, 2019 | Submissions

Pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages – to Food Standards Australia New Zealand document

Exploding alcohol consumption myths

Oct 15, 2019 | Alcohol

Myths around alcohol consumption were debunked by the American Council for Science and Health at the 9th European Beer & Health Symposium in September. The Vice-President of Scientific Communications at the council, Alex Berezow, PH.D., slammed the media for...

Forcing up price of unhealthy food ‘not answer’

Oct 9, 2019 | Media

The Food & Grocery Council shares concerns by Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare around diabetes and obesity, says Katherine Rich, but it doesn’t believe forcing up the price of unhealthy food and drink is the answer. Mrs Rich was asked by the NZ Herald to...

Master planning for F&B facilities

Oct 8, 2019 | Resources

In the food & beverage industry, client requests for new products or different packaging create a constant need to update and add to existing processing facilities. The tempo of new projects can often be rapid, driven by evolving client strategies,...

From great ideas to significant operations

Sep 30, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments

Working for the food and grocery sector, it’s a privilege to visit companies behind many of the products on our supermarket shelves, to meet the teams and see first-hand their heritage and innovation. Start-up stories are fascinating. From the concrete mixer that...

FGC welcomes proposals on unfair business conduct

Sep 24, 2019 | Media

The NZ Food & Grocery Council welcomes the Government’s proposals to introduce legislation prohibiting “unconscionable”, or unfair, business conduct and protecting businesses from unfair contract terms. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says this is a pro-business...

The big packaging challenge

Sep 23, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments

Today we live in a throwaway society. Every day we use stuff that can’t be re-used or recycled, so we throw it away. It’s much different to my grandmother’s generation. She saved everything, even flour bags. What couldn’t be fed to the chooks or burnt on the fire...