After years of quarantive negotiations, fresh lychees from Australia have been exported to NZ for the first time.
What's coming up in the international food calendar?
New Zealand's food and beverage industry has been creating a climate change of its own, setting a greening benchmark for the world.
NZ's newest crown research organisation, the NZ Institute for Plant and Food Research, has opened its doors for business.
NZ lamb mince, being sold in England, has been found to have four times the legal level of added water by British food technicians checking the products.
At the end of September this year a NZ parliamentary committee decided against supporting a call for mandatory country of origin labelling on food products.
The Soil & Health Association has renewed calls for country of origin labelling following the discovery of pesticides on Australian vegetables.
Latest testing for chemical residue levels in New Zealand-grown capsicums, strawberries, lettuce, mushrooms and courgettes has produced pleasing results according to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.
An Australian decision to ban imports of tamarillos from New Zealand has angered farmers across the Tasman.
New Zealand suspended exports of tomatoes and capsicums this month until further notice after a bacterium was found in three growers' hothouses.