Jun 21, 2021 | Submissions
Regulating organic businesses in the primary sector: approving businesses and checking compliance with organic standards – to Ministry for Primary Industries...
Jun 14, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
Ensuring accurate claims on product labels is critical to any business, and the laws are clear. Get it wrong or make a false claim and the result could be disastrous. It could lead to customers buying elsewhere, possibly leading to the demise of the product or even...
Jun 4, 2021 | Submissions
β-Galactosidase from Bacillus subtilis (Enzyme) – to FSANZ Document
Jun 3, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
There is no doubt the main reason the food and grocery sector was able to ensure New Zealanders were able to get through the COVID-19 lockdowns of the past 12 months or so with very little disruption to vital supplies was due to teamwork. That is, teamwork both inside...
Jun 3, 2021 | Submissions
Consultation Regulation Impact Statement: Policy Guidance: Menu labelling in Australia and New Zealand 2021 – to Australian Government Department of Health Document...
May 31, 2021 | Safe In-Store Pass
The FGC Safe In-Store Pass is an industry-designed online course aimed at improving the safety of supplier representatives working in a retail store. It is the result of a collaborative effort between retailers and the Food & Grocery Council to deliver time and...
May 31, 2021 | Submissions
Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: discussion document and the Impact Summary – to Ministry of Health Smokefree 2025 Consultation...
May 26, 2021 | Katherine Rich Comments
Confirmation bias in research is a genuine problem. Some researchers set out to prove a hypothesis and interpret all information to match the conspiracy. That’s the only interpretation I can put on a study led by Auckland University researchers aimed at investigating...
May 19, 2021 | Latest News
The global supply network is under unprecedented pressure and New Zealand faces a double dose due to proximity and port issues, says FGC. Katherine Rich says: “Nothing is simple. Lead times for imported products have been stretched out by many weeks. “The cost...
May 5, 2021 | Latest News
FGC members emphatically support a mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct for New Zealand supermarkets. The key findings of an independent survey of members showed: 93% agreed a Code of Conduct is required to help rectify the power imbalance in the duopoly-dominated sector...
