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New Zealand Food Safety's Food news is a monthly e-newsletter for councils, verification agencies, and MPI that provides updates about the Food Act 2014. Food news is a valuable source of information for environmental health officers, verifiers, food safety officers, and others involved with food businesses.
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Editions of Food news
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, updates to National Programme guidance and My Food Plan template content, campylobacter action plan revises safe cooking of liver guidance, when do the ‘Using acid to control bugs’ (SS&S) and ‘Making food acidic’ (NP) cards apply?, a reminder about Vibrio parahaemolyticus as summer approaches, d-allulose permitted as a novel food, Food Act Verifiers Academy now live, close-out dates for MPI Approvals applications, New Zealand Food Awards 2024 wrap-up, and World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, food Act verifiers - upcoming deadlines for Continuing Professional Development, notification of Academy offline period, new compulsory learning module for the 2024/2025 CPD year , national Programmes and My Food Plan, a new procedure for Biltong, butchery operating outside of the scope of Simply Safe & Suitable, reporting foodborne illness, call for food businesses to donate food, ordering physical copies of Simply Safe & Suitable and the Toolkit.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, export exemptions from New Zealand’s composition and labelling requirements, continuing professional development (CPD) year-end, Food Safety academy offline notification, food service education campaign, and food importers education campaign.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, improving guidance for Food Act verifiers and registration authorities, food Safety response guidance, consumer insights on food safety, getting the most important areas of food safety right, and food act recognised agency and registration authority webinar.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, find out about verifying businesses making food labelled as "gluten free", providing allergen information in a food service setting, improving guidance for Food Act verifiers and registration authorities, pest Control products under the Food Act 2014, Food Act Verifier Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Managers, MAPS and Titiro Licenses for 2024/25, consumer-level Food Recalls Annual Reports, World Food Safety Day.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, find out about improving guidance and learning for Food Act verifiers and registration authorities, revised importing food notice published, new food importer newsletter, food safety insights, emerging risks and current issues bulletin, 2024 Significant Contribution to Food Safety Award, and entries for 2024 New Zealand Food Awards opening on 1 May.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, a proposal to maintain and expand services to businesses under the Food Act 2014, pest and animal control information, transporting bulk feeds and foods using repurposed vehicles, continuing professional development for Food Act verifiers, plain English allergen labelling, guidance and learning for Food Act verifiers and registration authorities.
Read an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the deputy director general for New Zealand Food Safety, changes to the definition of 'added sugars' when making a nutrition content claim, plain english allergen labelling, cost recovery proposal to maintain and expand New Zealand Food Safety’s core regulatory services under the Food Act 2014, and Food safety print portal.
