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The Food & Grocery Council (FGC) is welcoming a significant drop in the concentration of acrylamide in potato crisps, and says it will continue to work with industry to find ways of lowering its levels in other foods, CEO Katherine Rich says.
The decision of Californian state authorities to change food safety regulations to focus on consumer information is likely to change the food safety environment completely. If other public health authorities follow California’s lead, decisions on food additives will be decided by consumers, not food producers.
Open war between Australia’s supermarket heavyweights and international food giant HJ Heinz became more likely yesterday with news that both Aussie supermarket chains are increasing their own brand activity.
CEO of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council, Katherine Rich has been appointed to the Health Promotion Council, a new body replacing the Alcohol Advisory Council.
Horticulture New Zealand has branded as a beat up Australian claims that Chinese food products are being exported to Australia via New Zealand through the differential between Australian and New Zealand country of origin regulations (COOL).
The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (FGC) today strongly backed Minister Tariana Turia’s call for a full investigation by regulators into the status of Heitiki Infant Formula and the credentials of the company Kiaora New Zealand International Limited.
“Today’s announcement of a range of consumer law reform proposals by the Minister of Consumer Affairs contains some ideas which are concerning to the food and grocery sector and require further explanation,” says Katherine Rich, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council.
Proposed changes to the poultry code of welfare announced yesterday could force a 100% increase in the price of eggs, according to the Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC).
The head of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC), Katherine Rich, has called for overseas trade missions to pay more attention to food industry opportunities than is currently the case.
A leading New Zealand health scientist says that news of vested food industry interests interfering with public health standards does not surprise him. He says it happens in New Zealand too, at a great public cost financially and personally through illness.
News that the British Departments of Health and of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are to take over the role of the Food Standards Authority has prompted a response from New Zealand’s Food and Grocery Council chief executive Katherine Rich, concerned that industry might suffer from government tinkering with efficient organisations.
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