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New Zealand will be moving to mandatory pregnancy warning labels on alcohol products, Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

New organics legislation will boost consumer confidence and help grow an innovative sector, says Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Food Safety, and Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth, Damien O’Connor departed New Zealand last night to attend international forums, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Conference in Rome.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety
  • Trade and Export Growth

A national standard for organic production will be progressed as a Government bill next year, Agriculture and Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor announced today. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety

A Bill that allows consumers to know where food products come from passed in Parliament  last night, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  • Food Safety

Regional economies are the biggest winners of rule changes that allow hemp seed to be treated as just another edible seed, Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety

Pregnancy warning labels on alcohol will become mandatory in New Zealand, Minister for Food Safety Damien O’Connor announced today.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor says a majority of public submissions support the Government’s preferred approach of a single set of rules for organic production. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety

The Government wants to hear from mānuka honey producers and consumers on whether the honey produced and sold in New Zealand should meet similar requirements to exported mānuka honey.                                  

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety

A trans-Tasman consultation on sugar labelling has begun following the latest Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

Our food and wine businesses today welcome a trifecta of new food safety tools, designed to make it cheaper and easier to follow the rules and keep consumers safe. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

The Coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity system and support our valuable primary sector, says Agriculture, Biosecurity, Rural Communities and Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Biosecurity
  • Food Safety
  • Rural Communities

A proposal for a national organic standard is to be consulted on from today, says Agriculture and Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor.  

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Food Safety

Cheesemakers are set to benefit from a more modern and common-sense approach to food safety regulation, says Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor says the establishment of New Zealand Food Safety will help raise the profile of food safety for all New Zealanders. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety

Food Safety Minister Damien O’Connor has today welcomed the passing of the Food Safety Law Reform Bill into law.  

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Food Safety