Food safety at home

Find out how we look after the safety and suitability of New Zealand food

Recent recalls, why and how food is recalled, making a food safety complaint

High-risk foods and how to keep yourself and your developing baby safe

Keeping babies and toddlers safe when feeding them formula or expressed breast milk

How to avoid foods you are allergic or intolerant to

Eating safely if your immune system is weak

Food labels explained and what to do if you find a problem

Learn how health stars are calculated and how to use them when you shop for food

Find out about MSG, preservatives, sweeteners, and colours in food

Folic acid, iodine, and salt are added to our food – find out why

Tips on hand-washing, food preparation, cooking, and storage to help you stay healthy

Food safety for caught fish, wild game, homekilled meat, or gathered shellfish

Find out what it means when food and products are 'organic', and about the proposed changes to organics law.

Apricot kernels, apple and pear seeds, imported frozen berries, raw milk, natural toxins

Arsenic, dioxins, mercury in fish, microplastics, PFAS, residues in wild animals

Campylobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, norovirus in food

Marae and Pacific community food safety, whitebait rules, and who's exempt from Food Act requirements

Eating safely when you're unwell

Avoid foodborne illness during floods, storms, power cuts, and earthquakes

Download or order food safety booklets, fact sheets, and posters

Ways to safely minimise wasting food