King Holds Off Approval Of GE Corn
NEW ZEALAND - The Government says it will not immediately buy into a trans-Tasman food regulator's decision to declare a new form of corn genetically engineered for stockfeed to be safe for human consumption.

Invercargill Poultry Closed Down
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Poultry Industry Association supports the decision of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) to close an Invercargill Poultry Plant until it meets the required hygiene standards, Executive Director Michael Brooks said...

Egg Within Egg A Freak Of Nature
NEW ZEALAND - Maria La Frenais got more than she bargained for when she broke an egg for breakfast.

Chicken Factory Workers Fall Ill
NEW ZEALAND - Cases of campylobactor have skyrocketed at Bell Block's Tegel chicken factory, with 26 staff becoming ill with the disease so far this year.

Progress In Fight Against Campylobacter Bacteria
NEW ZEALAND - “New Zealand’s work in the fight against Campylobacter in poultry is being watched with interest around the world, and while we certainly can’t say the problem has been solved, we’re pleased the way things are going,” says New Zealand...

The Organic Chicken Has Landed In New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - Organic looks set to become mainstream, with a large-scale organic poultry farm planned for Southland. However, its backers said the operation would need to be running before Christmas for the proposal to fly.

Campylobacter Campaign Looks Good
NEW ZEALAND - Poultry industry campaign against Campylobacter shows encouraging signs.

Campylobacter Cases Down
NEW ZEALAND - The poultry industry thinks that measures introduced last year to reduce the level of campylobacter infection on chicken farms and in processing plants may be starting to have an impact.

Campylobacter Campaign Shows Encouraging Signs
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand poultry industry campaign against Campylobacter shows encouraging signs.

Santa Rosa Smoked Chicken Recalled
NEW ZEALAND - The food company Santa Rosa has recalled all its ready-to-eat smoked chicken products after discovering some may be contaminated with listeria.

Hubbard Enters New Zealand With Flex GP
NEW ZEALAND - Hubbard is very pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Country Pride Group ltd. to handle the sales and distribution of Hubbard Flex parent stock in New Zealand.

Use Of Biofuels Is Rising
NEW ZEALAND - The extra demand for biofuel should push grain prices higher, making beef produced in feedlots as well as poultry and pork more expensive internationally, says Massey University farm and agribusiness management lecturer Nicola Shadbolt....

NZFSA Moves To Screen Food Imports From China
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is moving to screen food imports from China because of a food scare in the United States involving the deaths of pets.

NZFSA's Campylobacter Strategy Progresses Well
NEW ZEALAND - NZFSA's Campylobacter strategy progresses well The New Zealand Food Safety Authority's strategy to tackle New Zealand's unacceptably high levels of human campylobacteriosis is progressing well: several areas of research and monitoring work...

$735,000 grant to help fund Campylobacter research
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA), together with the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) have been awarded $735,000 to help further research into Campylobacter, a leading cause of foodborne illness among New Zealanders...