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MPI’s Food importer news is a quarterly e-newsletter for food importers, agents and food businesses that provides updates about the rules for importing food under the Food Act 2014. It is a valuable source of information for anyone who imports food for sale, including ingredients and alcohol.
Food importer news will keep you informed on food importer responsibilities, upcoming changes to food requirements and current events such as recalls related to imported food.
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Editions of Food importers news
In this edition, you will find information about the new pathway for clearance of frozen berries, improving the food safety of imported sesame seed and tahini-based products, successful first food importer webinar update, food residues survey programme update, reminder: food for sale must be imported by a registered food importer, close-out dates for MPI Approvals applications, update to webpage on clearance requirements for bivalve molluscan shellfish, recent recalls of imported food and recent food safety news.
In this first edition, you will find an update from Vincent Arbuckle – the Deputy Director-General for New Zealand Food Safety, revised importing food notice published, reminder on high regulatory interest foods, recent recalls of imported foods, consumer-level food recalls annual reports, food safety insights, emerging risks and current issues bulletin, refreshed resources for importers, food importers survey findings and recent food safety news.
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