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9 March 2020
New Organic Products Bill Announced
A new Organic Products Bill was announced in Parliament last week. The Bill aims to increase consumer confidence when purchasing organic products, give businesses more certainty in making organic claims, and support international trade in organic products.
Food Recalls: Pesto Products
Verifiers – can you please remind food manufacturers and importers that managing allergens is a critical part of their Food Act 2014 responsibilities. This comes in response to a number of recent recalls of pesto products in New Zealand and Australia.
Coronavirus and Food Safety
Co-regulators, you may be addressing questions from concerned businesses asking about managing food safety in line with 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19). We've put together some key messaging to help emphasise basic food safety practices.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
‘Bring Your Own’ Container
Have you been wondering what the deal is with reusable containers and coffee cups, and what this means for businesses and their food safety obligations? The ‘bring your own’ container model involves a shared responsibility between businesses and consumers.
New Animal Products Regulations 2020
There's a new Animal Products Act 1999 requirement, and we need evaluators and verifiers to know about it. From 19 March 2020, operators are required to additionally include their Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plan when registering an outline of their Risk Management Programme.
EVENTS
Towards Mastery of Verification Workshops
The huge response to the Towards Mastery of Verification workshops last year means we're bringing these back for a limited time for Territorial Authorities and third party verifiers during March 2020. To register, please log into the Food Verifiers' Academy and select the Towards Mastery of Verification Practice Workshop link in the News section.
Catch Up at NZIEH Conference
Come and catch up with the New Zealand Food Safety team at the New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health Annual Professional Development Conference (Wellington, 11-13 March 2020). We're looking forward to seeing you there!
