Health backtracks on claim over Rapid Antigen Tests
The Ministry of Health has backtracked on a claim by the Director-General of Health that RAT kits requisitioned from private businesses were not already in New Zealand when the Ministry took them, Stuff reports. It says last month, when news broke that the Ministry...
Govt intercepts companies’ RAT kits
Orders by food and grocery companies of many thousands of Rapid Antigen Test kits have been intercepted by the Government to bolster its low stocks, says FGC. In most cases, companies had been invoiced and paid a deposit, only for orders to be cancelled. One company...
Review stand-down periods to ensure supply, says FGC
The Government should review stand-down periods for close contacts, the definition of a close contact, and enable businesses to readily access rapid antigen testing, says Katherine Rich. Doing this will help ensure New Zealand’s food and grocery supply chains...
Sunscreen survey: sales hit record
Kiwis are buying sunscreen products at astonishing levels, with a 9.9% year-on-year increase in sales revealed today as the country continues to bask in a long, hot summer, setting a category record for the past three years. The New Zealand Suncare Initiative and New...
Post-conference Market Study submissions published
The Commerce Commission has published the Grocery Market Study post-conference submissions. NZFGC’s submission on measures required to facilitate competition includes the following recommendations: urgent introduction of a mandatory Code of Conduct based on the UK’s,...Proposals for a new waste strategy
Te kawe i te haepapa para / Taking responsibility for our waste: Proposals for a new waste strategy – issues and options for new waste legislation – to Ministry for the Environment DocumentDefinitions for gene technology and new breeding techniques
Definitions for gene technology and new breeding techniques – to Food Standards Australia New Zealand SubmissionMarket study into the retail grocery sector: post-conference submission
Market study into the retail grocery sector: post-conference submission – to the Commerce Commission Document