The purpose of a Risk Profile is to provide contextual and background information relevant
to a food/hazard combination so that risk managers can make decisions and, if necessary,
take further action.

This paper provides an introduction to organic food in New Zealand and a background to NZFSA’s policy position on organic food.

There is considerable growth in the domestic and export trade of organic food products. For example, in the 2006-2007 financial year New Zealand’s organic food exports grew by approximately 17.5 per cent. Organic food products are now available in many supermarkets, and are often differentiated from ‘conventional’ foods through implicit claims that organic food is healthier, safer and better for the environment.

This report firstly provides a brief background to the issues regarding South Island Landless Natives (SILNA) land. The following review of the 2002 SILNA policy package includes the objectives and achievements of the package. A summary of the key issues raised during the hui and written submissions is provided. The report then includes discussion around the key issues, potential opportunities for SILNA forests and some future policy options for consideration by government.

Brentwood Hotel, Kilbirnie, Wellington

MPI Auckland Biosecurity Centre, Auckland Airport

The Terrace Conference Centre, Wellington

The Terrace Conference Centre, 114 The Terrace, Wellington

The Terrace Conference Centre, Wellington

This is chapter one of a technical report that supports New Zealand’s land-based production sectors by reviewing impacts and identifying climate change adaptation options. It is the first comprehensive evaluation of climate change, bringing together existing information while making some advances in knowledge surrounding climate change adaptation.

This document describes the analysis conducted by MPI on various honey datasets to establish the high level characteristics for mānuka-type honey; the MPI-funded pilot research projects that help scope suitable characteristics for additional science projects; and the future science required to characterise both monofloral and multifloral mānuka honey.

Management of Swamp Kauri in New Zealand background information, Swamp Kauri, Kauri logs, Swamp Kauri extraction, selling swamp kauri, indigenous forest, indigenous wet land

This report describes the background physical and surface biological conditions at the time of the New Zealand IPY-CAML survey of the Ross Sea (February–March 2008), including distributions of water mass, water quality and sea ice.

MPI Technical Paper 2015/37. This report examines whether oxidised fish oils pose any risk of toxicity when consumed, and in particular whether there is any risk to the fetus when consumed during pregnancy.

A survey into the loss of bee hives in New Zealand has found the rate to be low-to-average compared to international studies.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the beekeeping industry released a report into the findings of the inaugural New Zealand Colony Loss and Survival Survey (NZCOLOSS) in 2015.
The results will provide baseline information for monitoring managed honey bee colony loss and survival over time. The major cause of hive loss was problems associated with Queen Bees.

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