In a recent post on Food Safety Tech the role of checklists in food safety management programmes was discussed. The author, Bob Lijana, suggested that "checklists can serve as a crutch or a divining rod for continual improvement" You can review and download the article here....

Foreign objects such as glass and brittle plastics are capable of causing significant harm, if present in food products. Implementing a glass and brittle plastic management programme is a fundamental component of good manufacturing practices. In a recent Food Safety Magazine article, the basic eleme...

The British Columbia (Canada) Centre for Disease Control have published a useful guide to fermented foods, including food safety control measures. Each fermented food review includes:  A national working group of health inspectors, food safety specialists, and industry fermentation experts work...

A revised edition of the Codex Alimentarius General Principles of Food Hygiene (CXC-1- 1969) has been issued. This includes the guidelines for the application of the HACCP system. You can review and download the 2023 edition of the document here....

An updated guide to safe and healthy eating during pregnancy has recently been released by MPI, Health New Zealand and Ministry of Health. You can review and download the guide here...

The annual New Zealand Foodborne Illness Report has recently been issued, covering the 2022 year. The report summarizes data on notifiable diseases in New Zealand, along with details of foodborne illness outbreaks. You can review and download the report at 2022 Foodborne Illness Report You can find ...

The Allergen Bureau and the Australian Food & Grocery Council have issued a reviewed and updated guide to Allergen Management and Labelling. This includes clarification around declaration of cereals containing gluten, and removing sea cucumbers from the Mollusc category of allergens (it is not a...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for commen​t on a proposal to clarify the requirements for making nutrition content claims about carbohydrate and sugar on alcoholic beverages.  Standard 1.2.7 in the Australia New Zealand Foo...

Guide to adding folic acid to breadmaking flour By mid-August 2023, flour millers must comply with Standard 2.1.1 – 5 (a) Cereal and Cereal Products of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, which outlines that non-organic wheat flour that is sold as suitable for making bread must contain ...

Following consultation and review, New Zealand Food Safety (MPI) has updated the following documents: Simply Safe & Suitable template Food Control Plan [PDF, 2.1 MB] Food Notice: Requirements for Food Control Plans and National Programmes [PDF, 319 KB] Food Notice: Food Service and Food Retail B...