A new law, replacing the Food Act 1981, is before Parliament. Find out about its risk-based provisions and how these will change the domestic food safety regime.
If passed into law, the Food Bill would replace the Food Act 1981 and introduce some fundamental changes to New Zealand's domestic food regulatory regime. The Food Bill aims to provide an efficient, effective and risk-based food regulatory regime that manages food safety and suitability issues, improves business certainty and minimises compliance costs for business. For contact details of your local MPs in relation to the Food Bill -
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Food Bill Clarification by Minister Kate Wilkinson "
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Food Bill Facts Sheet Feb 2012
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Food Bill Questions and Answers -
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First reading of the Food Bill -
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New Zealand Parliment Food Bill All Docs
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New Zealand Food Saftey Authority Website
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Food Bill Petition as signed by over 30,000 kiwis (outside link) -
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Media and News about FOOD BILL
Lauraine Jacobs MNZM - Food Columist NZ Listner Click here (Feb 11)
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The Green Party - The Food Bill, not as sweet as first appeared (Jan 18)
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Food Safety News - New Zealand's Draft Food Safety Law Sparks Controversy (Jan 16)
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SunLive - Food Bill rivals 'scaremongering' (13 th Jan)
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Fairfax NZ - Nelson Mail -Smith downplays Food Bill fears (7 th Jan 2012) -
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Fairfax NZ - Fears of new laws 'unwarranted' (3rd Jan 2012) -
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TV3 - John Campbell - Sue Kedgley -
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ODT - Food Bill comments cause concern (22nd Oct)
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Letter from Sue Kedgley to Kate Wilkinson (3rd Aug 2011)
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Fairfax NZ - Food-safety-backlash-stuns-government (11 Sept 2011)
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