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Acrylamide
- Acrylamide Update
Alcohol
- Energy labelling of alcoholic beverages
- Exploding alcohol consumption myths
Australian Food & Grocery Code of Conduct
- Australian Food & Grocery Industry Code of Conduct
Barcodes
- Barcodes decoded for new users
Be treatwise
- Be treatwise®
Best-Before
- Best-Before Q&A
CoOL
- Country of Origin Labelling
COVID-19
- FGC joins voices of concern over export restrictions
- Sanitarium’s COVID-19 Response Management Standard
- Checklist for business
- Statement from Katherine Rich
Export
- FGC Export Initiative
- Exporters get access to Aussie Code of Conduct training
- Think you know ASEAN? Think again
- Why trade matters – video series
Fighting Obesity
- Fighting Obesity
Flushable wipes
- Flushable Wipes
Folic acid
- Folic Acid Fortification
Food Safety
- Food Safety
Gallery
- Half-Yearly Meeting & AGM
GE
- Genetic engineering
Health & Safety
- FGC to tackle retail, supply chain safety
- Manual handling online course
- Mondelez risk assessment tool
- Smart forklift safety campaign
- Safe Use of Machinery
- Foodstuffs’ In-Store Safety Brochures
- Zero harm
Health Stars
- Health Star Rating System
Healthier NZers
- Community Programmes
- Product labelling, Consumer Information & Education
- Marketing to Children
- Company Nutrition Polices & Product Formulation
- Employee Health & Wellness
- FGC Healthier New Zealanders Initiative
Healthy Balance
- Healthy Balance Website
Issues
- Sugar Tax Would Have to Be Enormous to Work
- Julian Baggini: Coke or Milk?
- Palm Oil
- Milk Permeate – The Facts
Jobs & Recruitment
- FMCG Jobs & Recruitment
Katherine Rich Comments
- Getting compostability right
- Teamwork behind all that FGC does
- ‘COVID-washing’: matching conspiracy to fit hypothesis
- Big changes on the horizon
- Big issues galore in early months of year
- Trade in the Year of the Ox
- Another year of challenge and change
- Rocks under the towel
- Tackling grocery sector competition problems
- Now is the time to create change
- Election 2020: FGC calls for fresh children’s National Nutrition Survey
- How to keep food on the shelf in Auckland
- Beverage prices to jump under container return scheme design
- Re-setting the obesity narrative
- Re-setting the narrative on obesity
- Shopping in a post Covid-19 world
- Lockdown grocery shopping trends set to continue
- Saluting our lockdown grocery heroes
- Chocolate’s sweet taste of success
- Thanks to ‘The Silent Sales People’
- Circular economy a balancing act
- Sustainability, health & wellbeing, obesity to dominate
- Councils mish-mash means circular economy just a curve
- Ramping up work on H&S and sustainability
- Consumer NZ gets (slip, slop) slap on the wrist for misleading sunscreen claims
- Clearing up confusion around sunscreens
- From great ideas to significant operations
- The big packaging challenge
- Tackling plastic – it’s not all bad
- It’s a challenging time to be in business
- FMCG companies lead way on sustainability
- Aspiring to higher levels of support, respect and courtesy
- Demanding better treatment of reps and merchandisers
- Challenges from industry innovation
- Helping consumers lead healthier lives
- Crafting brand transparency
- Striking the right balance on competitive behaviour
- Research for political lobbying
- Strongest message needed on food tampering
- Putting nonsense in its place
- The year ahead: working together
- Tackling packaging issues
- Innovations in workplace wellness
- Sugary drinks sales drop but no tax in sight
- Top speakers one benefit of membership
- When alcohol clouds judgment
- Now They’re Attacking Our Treats
- Big Change Predicted for Supermarkets
- Media has duty to publish accurate wellbeing material
- Our Food Future – Plant-based Food Only?
- No Surprises as Obesity Dominates Discussion
- Chocolate Industry could Match Wine, Honey Success
- Has Tide on Sugar Debate Finally Turned?
- Industry Focuses on Minimising Waste Packaging
- New Govt Means Busy Year Ahead
- On the Lookout for Market Opportunities
- Food for Thought in Obesity Fight
- Call to Label Added Sugars Overlooks Science
- Putting FIZZ Under Scrutiny
- Public Money Spent on Poor Research
- Flawed Findings: Conspiracy Theories Masked as Academic Analysis
- Joint Approach Needed on Food Literacy
- Using Home Cooking to Fight Obesity
- Country of Origin Bill is Flawed
- Baby Food Claims Based on Poor Understanding of Nutrition
- Confronting Rising Retail Crime
- FMCG Sector Helping Consumers
- Looking at Fresh Ways to Boost Exports
- Running Ahead of the Microbead Ban
Latest News
- Imported goods shortages as logistics issues hit
- FGC members support mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct
- Market study submission comments published
- Commission seeks further feedback on market study
- Health Star Rating products now total 5500
- Market study supplier survey launched
- Commission publishes Market Study submissions
- Supermarket Code of Conduct petition tabled in Parliament
- Auckland businesses can register online for travel
- Second study: no evidence virus transmitted on food, packaging
- Commission lays out issues it may explore in market study
- Study finds no evidence virus transmitted on food or food packaging
- No need to panic: business as usual for food & grocery supply
- Health Stars now on 5250 products
- CEO leads FGC presence at marketing summit
- FGC welcomes food & beverage industry investor guide
- Health Stars top 5150 products
- Arataki turns to solar – and cardboard
- FGC gets grant to tackle retail, supply chain safety
- NZ scientists developing ‘fingerprint’ for primary produce exports
- Suppliers caught in Coles-Woolworths crossfire
- Woolworths increases lead in Australia market
- Heinz Wattie’s boss Mike Pretty chairs FGC
- More than 4100 products with Health Stars
- GS1’s Connect 2019 in April
- Port, carriers tackle container bottleneck
- Kiwis lead APEC achievement on non-tariff measures
- Learnings for all as shoppers seek convenience
- Pressure on exporters to China as locals step up
- NZ gets world launch of stevia-only Coke
- Danone expansion shows confidence in NZ
- Barker’s, T&G Global win at NZ Food Awards
- World Milk Day – The Director’s Cut
- FGC boss appointed to further ABAC term
Manual Handling
- Manual handling online course
Media
- FGC launches parliamentary petition on Grocery Code of Conduct
- Market study of supermarkets ‘positive’ for shoppers, manufacturers
- Review of supermarkets would be ‘positive’ for suppliers
- Food and grocery supply back to normal
- COVID-19: Statement from NZFGC CEO Katherine Rich
- Senior doctors’ association naïve over obesity call
- Bluebird reformulation adds to healthier options
- FGC welcomes Govt response to obesity taskforce report
- Synlait purchase of Dairyworks great for industry
- Forcing up price of unhealthy food ‘not answer’
- FGC welcomes proposals on unfair business conduct
- FGC responds to claims over packaged food
- Choice’s claims over Health Stars unfair, misleading
- Sugar tax claim not backed by facts
- First-of-its-kind online manual handling resource
- Costco will be good for suppliers, consumers
- Call for donations for Christchurch
- Stronger penalties for food tampering welcomed
- Document on unfair business conduct welcomed
- Move on sale of energy drinks to children not necessary
- Media response: length of time products on sale
- Media response: more behind higher milk prices
- China dairy market growth great for NZ
- Whittaker’s most trusted and iconic brand – again
- Graphic labels on treat foods ‘a silly idea’
- Health Star products pass 2000 mark
- Companies live up to Healthy Kids Pledge
- Sugar tax chalkboard theory fails real-life test
- Food & beverage reports good news
- Industry to work with Govt as sugar tax off table
- Review backs FGC’s argument: sugar taxes don’t work
- Vogels dearer than in UK thanks to tax
- Selling expired best-before products – media response
- Health Stars driving reformulation, innovation
- Bad Taste Food Awards disappointing and a sham
- Fonterra’s Open Gate initiative applauded
- Industry will work with Govt on healthier food choices
- Backing for policy on housing’s threat to food
- Huge effort into reformulating food, drink
- Moves to ban single-use plastic bags welcomed
- Calls for food regulation not backed by study
- Food factory flags tribute to Sir Pat Goodman
- FGC celebrates thriving artisan food scene
- Sanitarium must be allowed to protect brand
- No sugar in most baby foods, adhere to Food Code
- FGC welcomes important industry investor guides
- Food prices: NZ v Australia
- Country of origin bill could affect family food budget
- Whittaker’s leads FGC brands in sweep of most trusted
- ‘Don’t flush’ video aimed at saving waterways
- Palm oil most sustainable oil crop
- Strong presence at World Expo in Dubai is vital
- An interview with John Clarke
- Goodman Fielder NZ boss is FGC Chair
- Chinese chasing NZ food with natural ingredients
- Caged vs free-range eggs
Mental Health Toolkit
- Mental health toolkit
Milk Permeate
News
- Irradiation as a phytosanitary measure for all fresh fruit & veges
- Beta-amylase from soybean as a processing aid
- Review of FSANZ Act 1991
- A strong voice for fast moving consumer goods
- Health Star Rating System Five-Year Review
- ASEAN food & beverage industry feels early impacts
- Fair Trading Amendment Bill 2019
- Goods Clearance Cost Recovery
- Letter on malicious tampering
Packaging
- Guideline for shelf-ready packaging
Palm oil
Product Recall
- Food and Product Recall & Withdrawal
Projects
- Reformulation
Reformulation
Resources
- Master planning for F&B facilities
Safe In-Store Pass
- Safe In-Store Pass
School & Community
- School & Community Initiatives
Shelf-life
- Shelf life: preparing and handling food
ShopCare
- About ShopCare
Submissions
- Regulating organic businesses in the primary sector
- β-Galactosidase from Bacillus subtilis
- Menu labelling in Australia and New Zealand
- Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan
- Cross-submission on market study into retail grocery sector
- Water Services Bill 2020
- Market study into retail grocery sector
- Reducing the impact of plastic on our environment
- Revision of Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
- Draft Health Star Rating Calculator and Style Guide
- Natural glycolipids as a preservative in non-alcoholic beverages
- Food derived from enhanced yield & herbicide-tolerant corn line
- Soy leghemoglobin in meat analogue products
- Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council
- Pure and highly concentrated caffeine products
- Rapeseed protein isolate as a novel food
- Influencers: making it clear that ads are ads
- GHS 7: Implications for hazardous substance approvals
- Glucoamylase from GM Trichoderma reesei as a PA
- Alpha-amylase from GM Trichoderma reesei as a PA
- Food derived from nematode-protected and herbicide-tolerant soybean
- Pig meat and products from Australia
- Organic Products Bill 2019
- Improving business-to-business payment practices
- Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill 2019
- Glucoamylase from GM Aspergillus niger
- Alpha-amylase from GM Aspergillus niger
- Plain English Allergen Labelling
- Soy Leghemoglobin in Meat Analogue Products
- Consumer Information Standards (Origin of Food) Regulations 2019
- Food Labelling to Support Consumers to Make Informed Healthy Food Choices
- Trade for All Advisory Board Report
- Risk Management Proposal: specified animal products
- Import Health Standard: wood packaging material
- Risk Management Proposal: import health standard – shelf-stable pet foods containing animal products
- Enzymatic Production of Rebaudioside E from stevia leaf extract
- Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
- Glucose Oxidase as a processing aid (enzyme)
- Investing in Biosecurity: Proposals to update cost recovery for NZ’s Biosecurity System
- Charging for Animal Products and Wine Approvals
- Folic acid fortification: increasing folic acid availability in food
- Schools and Healthy Food and Guidance
- Pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages
- Pullulanase from Bacillus lichiniformis as a processing aid
- Food irradiation definition of herbs and spices
- Reduction in minimum alcohol for Tequila
- Minimum protein in follow-on formula
- Rebaudioside MD as a steviol glycoside from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Health Star Rating System Five-Year Review
- Geographical indicators sought by EU for protection
- Protecting businesses and consumers from unfair commercial practices
- 2’-FL and LNnT as novel foods
- Cost recovery in MPI’s food system
- Lysophospholipase as a processing aid
- Triacylglycerol Lipase as a processing aid
- Five-year review of Health Star Rating system
- Nutrient Reference Values – Age Range for Adults
- Strengthening recalls and risk-based plans, programmes
- Steviol glycosides in fruit drinks
- Addition of L-carnitine to foods
- Potassium polyaspartate as a food additive in wine
- Food waste in New Zealand
- Labelling of sugars on packaged foods and drinks
- Rosemary Extract as a Food Additive
- Enzymatic Production of Rebaudioside M.
- Monk Fruit Extract as a Food Additive
- FSANZ Cost Recovery Implementation Statement
- Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill: Interim Report
- Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Regulations 2006
- Commerce Amendment Bill 2018
- Pregnancy warning labels on packaged alcoholic beverages
- Food Standards Code Revision
- New organic regulation
- Research & Development Tax Incentive
- L-amino acid acetate for special medical purposes – affirmation
- Thermolysin as a Processing Aid
- Application fees for hazardous substances imports
- Plain English Allergen Labelling
- Future of Tax
- Food Derived Using New Breeding Techniques
- Fats & Oils Labelling
- Endo-1,4-ß-xylanase from Trichderma reesei as a processing aid
- ß-Galactosidase from Papilioterma terrestris as a processing aid
- Cost Recovery for MPI Services
- Re-categorising Coconut Milk
- Review of Fast Food Menu Labelling Schemes
- Review of advertising codes
- Food derived from Herbicide-tolerant Cotton Line GHB811
- Report on year 1 of the Healthy Kids Industry Pledge
- Healthier Lives – Consultation on research priorities for 2019-24
- Addition of a prescribed method of analysis for resistant starch
- Beta-glucan and blood cholesterol health claims
- Food derived from Provitamin A Rice Line GR2E
- L-amino acid acetate for special medical purposes
- Triacylglycerol Lipase as a Processing Aid
- Review of Health Star Rating System
- Energy labelling of alcoholic beverages
- Regulation of Nutritive Substances & Novel Foods
- Food Derived from Potato Lines
- Health Star Rating System
- Food Derived from Herbicide-tolerant Canola Line MS11
- NZ’s phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons
- General Export Requirements for Bee Products
- Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin Labelling) Bill 2016
- Beta-galactosidase as a Processing Aid
- Endo Xylanase as a Processing Aid
- Managing microbeads
- Customs and Excise Bill 2016 consultation
- IMO as a Novel Food
- Definition of Steviol Glycosides
- Customs and Excise Bill – Customs and Excise Act Review
- Proposals for notices under the Food Act 2014
- Bi-National Food Labelling Compliance
- Policy proposals for Food Safety Law Reform Bill
- Customs and Excise Act 1996 Review
Sugar tax
- Sugar Q&A
Sunscreens
- Sunscreens
Sustainability
- FGC’s Sustainability Pathway
Tampering
- Product tampering
Trading Partner Forum
- Trading Partner Forum
Weights & Measures
- Weights & Measures
Winning in January
- Winning in January/Summer

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