Schools and Healthy Food and Guidance

Nov 4, 2019 | Submissions

Healthy Food and Guidance – Schools and Healthy Food and Guidance, Early Learning Services – to Public Health, Population Health and Prevention, Ministry of Health submission
Synlait purchase of Dairyworks great for industry

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...
Forcing up price of unhealthy food ‘not answer’

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,...
FGC welcomes proposals on unfair business conduct

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...

Best-Before Q&A

Sep 10, 2019 | Best-Before

What’s your opinion on best-before dates? Best-before dates provide good information to consumers and also confidence to manufacturers that their products can be presented and judged appropriately. They tell a consumer that before a certain date the product will be in...

Product tampering

Aug 27, 2019 | Tampering

FGC has twice written to the government of the day urging a review of New Zealand’s law regarding malicious tampering of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods to ensure it is fit for purpose, particularly in terms of penalties. In 2015, we wrote to...

Letter on malicious tampering

Aug 27, 2019 | News

Review of New Zealand law regarding malicious tampering and consumer goods – to Hon. Andrew Little, Minister of Justice Letter