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Fresh produce growers need to consider safe food practices a necessary step in the cost of doing business, delegates at the recent International Fresh Produce Association Australia and New Zealand (IFPA A-NZ) second annual Food Safety Summit heard.

A legislation change requiring all food businesses to perform a simulated recall every 12 months comes into effect today.

There is a strong demand for food safety auditing services coming from New Zealand’s horticultural sector, particularly fruit packhouses required to meet export food safety regulations.

In the aftermath of recent flooding, which struck Auckland, the Coromandel, the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty late last month, food safety concerns have been raised.

Raw unpasteurised drinking milk from Central Hawke’s Bay producers Lindsay Farm is being recalled following detection of Campylobacter as part of their routine testing programme.

Food safety is in the news again in Europe after a media release from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) in the EU in February.

Registrations are now open for a new global food integrity conference to be held in Auckland on July 13-14.

Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew has welcomed a new Bill to increase the data protection period for agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines in New Zealand. 

It would be a step backwards to the 1950s if raw milk has to be delivered to homes instead of to collection points in the cities, says Raw Milk Producers Association of NZ chairman Ray Ridings.

A new policy around the sale of raw milk to consumers will not restrict the volume, but there will be new requirements for farmers.