FMCG Business Magazine Column: Leakage, Loss, and Leftovers – rethinking food waste FMCG Business August-September 2024 by The Intermedia Group – Issuu Spent Grain and Walnut Shells Last year the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council launched the first season of...
Supermarket News Column: Local to Global AUGUST 2024 – Supermarket News Photo: NZFGC Annual 2023 Conference in Sydney, Trade Panel (L-R)) with Glen Murphy (New Zealand Trade and Enterprise) Mike Pretty (NZFGC Chair and non-executive Chair Kraft-Heinz Company )...
Supermarket News Column: Winning in Summer – Optimising Supply Chains JULY 2024 – Supermarket News Summer seems a long way off, as the weather is reminding us of the force of nature it can be, with the devastation we’ve seen wreaked on parts of our...
Commerce Commission: Statement of Unresolved Issues released for proposed Foodstuffs merger The Commerce Commission has released a Statement of Unresolved Issues on the application from Foodstuffs North Island Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited seeking...
Options for export exemptions from New Zealand composition and/or labelling requirements under the Food Act 2014 MPI is currently consulting on options for export exemptions from New Zealand composition and/or labelling requirements under the Food Act 2014. MPI is...
PPPS Industry briefings – Have you registered? Over the next two weeks, the PPPS team is holding four industry briefing sessions on the stewardship scheme design for plastic packaging. These sessions are important. Feedback will be gathered from those attending,...
Caps & Lids – collection and recycling Webinar: Wednesday 10 July, 1 pm Please join us for an online presentation on Proposing the way forward for caps and lids collection and recycling. The Packaging Forum will update you on the pilot programme’s...
New Zealand Food and Grocery Council recently lodged a submission in response to Call for submissions: New Zealand’s Legal Harvest Assurance System – Issue Paper One: The legal harvest assurance framework. You can read the full submission here...
Information paper: Food Processing and ‘Future Foods’ In recent years, there has been increasing commentary that food processing has negative health implications, and that “ultra-processed” foods and beverages should be limited or avoided in the diet....
Recently we lodged NZFGC’s submission on the Proposal P1063 – Code Revision – Added sugar(s) claims. You can read the full submission sent to Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 26 June 2024 here – NZFGC Submission P1063
