New Zealand Food Safety have announced that from 1st July 2025 a food business levy must be paid by registered businesses operating under a food control plan or national programme, and registered food importers. It will fund core services provided by New Zealand Food Safety, that directly benefit fo...

This e-learning course has been developed by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS). It aims to provide you with an understanding of the theory and practice of Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and how its use and reporting could reduce the number of recurring food safety inci...

The New Zealand Food Safety (MPI) Campylobacter Action Plan has focused on the poultry food chain to reduce foodborne campylobacteriosis in New Zealand by 20% by the end of 2024.  The plan has used a risk-based, farm-to-plate approach to identify, select, and implement new control measures. &nb...

The British Columbia (Canada) Centre for Disease Control has recently issued an excellent guidance document on the safe production of a range of fermented foods. Each fermented food review includes: A national working group of health inspectors, food safety specialists, and industry fermentation exp...

Coeliac New Zealand has developed an online training programme covering all aspects of what is involved in serving safe gluten-free (GF) food from choosing ingredients, storage, food preparation, and cooking right through to serving customers and labelling your menu. KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES The online...

New Zealand Food Safety (MPI) has been working on an education project to better support approximately 3,875 registered food importers in New Zealand to meet their requirements when importing food. This includes:...

New Zealand Food Safety (MPI) have recently started publishing a fortnightly bulletin. It is for food business operators to keep up with current food safety issues and emerging food safety risks. In each bulletin, they: Each bulletin also has information from overseas regulatory, industry, or media ...

MPI has issued the 2023 summary report of consumer-level food recalls for 2023. You can review and download the report here. Headline findings are as follows:...

From 1 May 2024, there are restrictions on using certain terms in trade for some specific food and beverages. These restrictions are due to the New Zealand-European Union free trade agreement, which protects 1,975 terms – known as “geographical indications” - in New Zealand. You can find out m...

We are looking for a part time Food Safety Auditor/Verifier, working on a contractor basis. The principal activities of the role would be conducting National Programme and/or Custom Food Control Plan verification audits throughout the country, but mostly in the Greater Auckland region. Our ideal can...