After years of quarantive negotiations, fresh lychees from Australia have been exported to NZ for the first time.
Australian children are consuming low levels of food colours, according to a survey of added colours in foods released by Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
One of Australia’s major honey producers, Leabrook Farms, is predicting an outstanding season as a result of rising demand and stronger supplies following good flowering conditions around the nation.
According to the latest research from ANZ Bank, the price of NZ dairy products has fallen 43% year-on-year from last November.
The European Union and Australia signed an agreement this week that will protect such European names as "Champagne" in Australia while further opening European markets to wines from Down Under.
British health food consumers will soon have greater access to New Zealand Honey Specialties's products, with the news that they are to be stocked in the UK’s largest health food retailer – Holland and Barrett.
Buderim Ginger has been awarded $245,100 to create an allergy free ginger product, Queensland’s Industry Minister, Desley Boyle, announced this week.
New Zealand suspended exports of tomatoes and capsicums this month until further notice after a bacterium was found in three growers' hothouses.
Taranaki-based Yarrows (The Bakers) and IBEX Group of Companies were successful in the recent New Zealand Export Awards in Auckland.
The government's work programme, partnering with industry to grow New Zealand's high-value food and beverage exports, was launched yesterday at the Villa Maria Winery in Auckland.