New food recall guidance - NZ Food Safety

New Zealand Food Safety has updated its food recall guidance to make it faster and easier for businesses to prepare for and conduct food recalls, says NZFS deputy director general Vincent Arbuckle.

Animal agriculture 'essential to global food system'

Animal foods can form part of a healthy, sustainable and ethical lifestyle, despite increasing claims to the contrary, says Lincoln University Professor of Livestock, Pablo Gregorini.

How 'vutterly boring', a little island in Raglan

This is the third of the annual Dairy Free Awards, which highlight and showcase the best of New Zealand's available plant-based dairy alternatives. The Awards cover four categories of products, ice cream, milk, yoghurt and butter, all fully plant-based, high quality, delicious and nutritious.

Top pet medical claims revealed - increase in Parvovirus

Pet insurance specialist PD Insurance (pd.co.nz) has shared its most common claims for cats and dogs in 2021 to help educate New Zealand’s pet owners about how valuable pet insurance can be in protecting their hard-earned savings.

Top 10 claim types and an uptick for parvovirus

Covid-19 - 'to vaccinate or not to vaccinate: for pwME'

The government mandate stipulates that certain industries require vaccination in order to retain employment.

MasterChef winner Brett McGregor joins Kiwi start-up

If lockdown has taught us anything, it’s that there’s no more universal question than ‘what’s for dinner?’

Kiwi's fondness for local petfood company drives 'Superior' name change

After almost 50 years satisfying the appetites of New Zealand dogs, Kiwi petfood company Fond Foods is changing its name.

Best known for its popular Superior Chunky and Possyum brands, the Paeroa business will become Superior Pet Food Co. from 1 September.

Paeroa's Fond Foods 'on a roll with new hypoallergenic dog food option'

Kiwi pooches with food allergies will be giving a collective ‘Bark-yeah!’ next week when New Zealand’s first possum-based hypoallergenic dog roll starts hitting supermarket shelves.

Insect protein as animal feed creating global buzz - Rabobank

Insect protein is creating a global buzz, with demand for the fast-emerging ingredient in the animal feed and pet food sectors expected to reach half a million metric tonnes by 2030 - significantly up on today’s estimated market of 10,000 metric tonnes, according to agri banking specialist Rabo

Winners announced in the 2021 New Zealand Dairy Free Awards

This is the second of the annual Dairy Free Awards, which highlight and showcase the best of New Zealand's available plant-based dairy alternatives. The awards cover six categories of products: ice cream, cheese, milk, yoghurt, chocolate and butter.