The fishing activities of the New Zealand fishing industry in the Antarctic's Ross Sea are responsible and sustainable says the industry organisation, the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council, in anticipation of the release of a documentary film on the su
Coca-Cola Amatil has opened a new manufacturing facility in New Zealand at the cost of NZ$35m, which includes two beverage bottle production lines and a new aluminium can line.
The Environmental Protection Authority hearing to decide whether NZ King Salmon should be granted resource consent to develop nine new fish farms in the Marlborough Sounds has been delayed two weeks.
Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world's biggest exporter of dairy products, has named long-serving director John Wilson as its next chairman, replacing Henry van der Heyden.
Business manager of Potatoes New Zealand, Ron Gall, says the risk of Australian potato crops getting Zebra Chip disease in the event of the current import ban being lifted, is so low it is "absolutely minimal."
Primary industry statistics for the March 2012 quarter show what a boom of a production year it was for most. Total seafood export revenue was up by 9.4% in the March quarter, due to increasing prices and a volume increase of 3.4 per cent.
The DIRA Amendment Bill, which proposed a new regime in relation to Fonterra’s milk price setting, capital restructure and share valuation, was passed by 64 votes to 57.
Salmon in New Zealand are free of commercially significant diseases, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research scientist Andrew Forsythe says.
NZ Snack Foods, the private equity controlled owner of Griffins, ETA and Nice and Natural food products, posted a 50 percent drop in annual profit as costs rose faster than sales and it took an impairment charge against one of its brands.
At a special teleconference hook-up last Friday (20 July 2012), Australian and New Zealand ministers responsible for the regulation of food met to consider the treatment of General Level Health Claims in the draft Standard for Nutrition, Health and Relate
New Zealand has migrated to an industry-designed product recall and withdrawal system, which key businesses say will ensure even greater consumer protection.
Bay Cuisine, a New Zealand meat firm, has recalled several of its products after tests revealed that they were linked to a Listeria outbreak that led to two deaths at a hospital.
New Zealand’s government has opened the door for local beef and dairy farmers to take part in a new initiative to produce high-value marbled beef for the premium segment both at home and abroad.
New Zealand-based international bank, ANZ Banking Group (ANZ Group), has said it will help fund investment for the development of beef cattle in the eastern part of Indonesia.
The question of whether or not to mandatorily fortify bread with folic acid in New Zealand has reached fever pitch, with one opponent being called a “folate hater” on national television.
Dairy exporter Fonterra has claimed that its proposed acquisition of New Zealand Dairies’ (NZDL) Studholme processing plant will boost competition for raw milk on the country’s South Island, rather than reduce it.