New Zealand Food Safety is advising people not to consume a seaweed tonic being sold in glass bottles.
There have been no reports of associated illness to date from the product labeled “NZ Focuidan.” It has also been found with limited or no identifying labeling or branding and in various
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A business in New Zealand has been fined for the illegal sale of home-kill meat through butcher shops.
Canterbury Homekill Services Limited (CHK) and owners Noel Womersley and Halena Hitchcock were sentenced to multiple charges under the Animal Products Act in Christchurch District Court.
The company and its owners were
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Stricter requirements for importers of food into New Zealand came into effect at the start of this month.
Changes clarify the role and responsibilities of importers when they bring food into the country.
Food importers must conduct a safety and suitability assessment before the food enters New Zealand, make sure
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Food businesses in New Zealand must carry out a mock recall every 12 months under new regulations.
Beginning in July 2023, all businesses with a plan or program under the Food Act, Wine Act, or Animal Products Act and food importers and exporters will need to undertake a simulated recall
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Authorities in New Zealand are monitoring a large recall of foods containing imported tahini because of Salmonella.
Officials said consumers should be aware that some products are incorrectly labeled as “Product of Mexico or Israel” when they were actually made in Türkiye.
“Testing has identified the possible presence of Salmonella in the
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New Zealand has reported foodborne infection and outbreak figures for 2021 with statistics still affected by a coronavirus.
In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures taken to control the spread of the disease continued to impact notification rates of foodborne disease. The number of Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli
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An outbreak of hepatitis A in New Zealand linked to imported frozen berries is continuing to grow.
There are now 21 hepatitis A infections from eating frozen berries since late June. Seventeen have been linked by genetic sequencing, meaning they were likely exposed to the same source of the virus.
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Officials in New Zealand investigating Hepatitis A cases linked to berries have identified a connection with a past outbreak in Europe.
There are 12 hepatitis A infections from eating frozen berries in New Zealand. Eight have been linked by genetic sequencing, meaning they were likely exposed to the same source
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New Zealand Food Safety has warned about the risk of hepatitis A in frozen berries after several recent illnesses.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) was informed by the Ministry of Health of three cases of hepatitis A. Patients regularly consumed imported berries and are linked through virus genotyping.
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Two raw milk operators in New Zealand have been fined for not following the rules around the sale and supply of such a product.
Paul Ashton of Lindsay Farm and Daniel Sproull, of Gorge Fresh Organics, also known as Yaw Milk, were sentenced in separate hearings at Palmerston North District
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