After years of quarantive negotiations, fresh lychees from Australia have been exported to NZ for the first time.
New Zealand's food and beverage industry has been creating a climate change of its own, setting a greening benchmark for the world.
A genetically modified onion trial will go ahead in NZ after gaining approval from the Environmental Risk Management Authority.
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.
Melamine in infant milk; animals sick with viruses; e-coli on fresh vegetables - anxiety over the safety of what we put in our mouths and feed to our families has justifiably reached new heights around the world, sparking fresh government regulations and laws.
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.
Police and security guards provided heavy security at this week's controversial hearing in Christchurch, NZ, into Crop and Food Research's bid to conduct a 10-year field trial of genetically modified vegetables.
A juice factory capable of processing New Zealand's entire carrot crop has opened this week at Washdyke, near Timaru.
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