New Zealand’s legitimate infant formula exporters are gearing up for the introduction of a brand register that the country’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is expected to introduce next month for formula products exported to China.
The decision by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to approve the use of hemp products containing low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the production of food has received widespread approval since its announcement earlier this month.
The Infant Nutrition Council (INC) has expressed strong concern over the recent sponsorship deal between the Warriors rugby league club and Chinese-owned New Zealand infant formula company.
New Zealand authorities have begun action to stop unlawful exports of infant formula to China, after trade bodies blamed these for severely undermining the southern nation’s reputation for food safety.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is reviewing its infant formula regulations, covering a range of issue including composition, labeling and advertising.
Australian authorities have warned consumers about possible negative health effects of using sports supplements containing DMAA, as the global crackdown on the controversial stimulant continues.
New Zealand has joined the growing list of countries taking action against the stimulant DMAA (1,3-dimethylamylamine), by classing it as a recreational drug.
New Zealand opposition party members are calling on the government to fortify the country’s flour supply and bread output with folic acid, following reports of the success of a similar program across the Tasman Sea in Australia.
The mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid in New Zealand is likely to be delayed for another three years, following heated debate over the risks and benefits of adding the synthetic B vitamin to bread.
Israeli-based lipid specialist, Enzymotec, has been granted a home turf patent for the composition and production of its phytosterol ingredient, Cardiobeat.
The dairy industry will have to step up to the challenge of matching ongoing developments in soybeans as a replacement for a number of milk-based products and ingredients, according to one New Zealand dairy supplier.
Bakers in New Zealand will now by law have to fortify
bread products with iodine, as regulators in the country attempt to
boost consumption of the essential nutrient.
New Zealand oral probiotics developer BLIS Technologies is to issue
new shares to fund an expansion of its business into new
international markets and to boost development efforts.
New Zealand today launched a major initiative to boost its food and
beverage exports, including NZ$19m earmarked for new market
development and a roadmap for innovations.
GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Ribena range of juice drinks have been
found to meet their stated claims of high vitamin C content in
Singapore, according to the country's Agri-Food and Veterinary
Authority (AVA).
New Zealand is proposing to update its dietary supplement
regulations to take into account new food-like delivery formats
that have emerged in the 20 years since they were drawn up.
The movers and shakers in New Zealand's nutritional sciences are
working to bridge the gap between researchers and industry in order
to realize what they see as the country's potential in the global
functional foods industry.
The controversial plan to establish a joint authority to regulate
Australia and New Zealand's therapeutic products sector, including
complementary medicines, took a step forward this week with the
publication of consultation...
An application to add calcium to chewing gum has been lodged with
Food Standards Australia New Zealand by Wrigley's, which would
allow gum sold in Australia to be fortified with the mineral for
the first time.
The New Zealand food industry is wasting antioxidant-rich but
unattractive portions of vegetables that may be used as a source of
nutrients for supplements or the development of a new class of
fermented food products, say scientists...
New Zealand dairy Fonterra must add a warning label to its new
vitamin K-enriched milk and yoghurt to reduce the risk for people
taking the blood thinning drug Warfarin, said the New Zealand food
authorities yesterday.
Fresh air, agricultural expertise, research resources… and NZ$100m
(€48m) funding: BioPacificVentures is proposing an attractive
package to European and American functional food start-ups that are
prepared to relocate all or part...
The New Zealand blackcurrant industry is strengthening its presence
in the Japanese nutraceutical and functional food market, as the NZ
Berryfruit Group (NZBG) becomes one of the first five companies to
sign up to the new Tokyo 'beachhead'.
Seeka Kiwifruit Industries, New Zealand's largest kiwifuit supply
company, says it is to extend its business portfolio into the
nutraceutical world by investing further in health supplements
business Vital Foods.
Joint health from sheeps' wool, kiwi fruit crossed with berries and
calcium-boosting bone extract… innovative ingredients from a small
Pacific archipelago are starting to make a disproportionately big
impact in the world of nutrition.
Blackcurrants have already earned a reputation amongst the
healthiest fruits thanks to a high antioxidant content. But in New
Zealand, where five per cent for the world's crop is grown,
researchers have been investigating ways...
New Zealand's Waitaki Biosciences is expand its presence in Europe
with its flagship MCH-Cal bone health ingredient, and is looking at
ways to diversify by tapping the country's non-animal resources.
Food standards authorities in Australia and New Zealand have
legalised drinks fortified with calcium, offering opportunities for
firms amid growing consumer demand and poor dietary intake.
Pharming has licensed rights to its protein production technology,
based on the use of transgenic animals, to AgResearch, the largest
government owned research organisation in New Zealand, reports
Phil Taylor.
Australian beverage makers will be able to add defined amounts of
vitamins and minerals to mainstream products under regulatory
changes being proposed by the food authorities, writes Dominique
Patton.
Dairy ingredients giant Fonterra says a new joint venture, set up
to search for novel health ingredients in milk, has already
identified a number of bioactives, currently waiting for patents.
New Zealand's Health Minister Annette King has provided no basis
for a joint authority with Australia to regulate the country's
dietary supplements industry, argues health products consultant Ron
Law in the New Zealand Herald...
Health food stores in New Zealand will today 'black out' products
threatened by the government's plans to regulate supplements under
a joint authority with Australia.
New Zealand's government looks set to renounce regulation of the
dietary supplement industry, in favour of a joint authority with
Australia. The news has provoked angry responses from manufacturers
who argue that they are facing...
New Zealand's Comvita has developed a manuka honey, thought to
enhance the immune system, especially for the Asian market. It is
enriched with a combination of traditional Chinese herbs.
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand is proposing to retain the
ban on adding kava to foods, but not dietary supplements regulated
under New Zealand regulations, and to keep the labelling statements
related to public health.
Could your child be preordained to be an overweight couch potato?
New Zealand physiologists are proposing that the well-known
association between obesity, metabolic syndrome, sedentary
behaviour, and overeating might have a common...
New Zealand-based Comvita says it will use a grant received in
recognition of its business development to fast-track plans to link
the propolis science communities of Japan and New Zealand.
Inadequate consumer understanding of probiotic foods poses a
critical challenge to the immense potential for growth in the
Australia and New Zealand markets, but consumer behaviour and the
ageing demographic will ensure sustained...
The Australian and New Zealand food agency is asking for comment on
an application that it has received to modify its brand new Food
Standards Code to permit the sale of formulated beverages or
water-based drinks containing added...
