After years of quarantive negotiations, fresh lychees from Australia have been exported to NZ for the first time.
Since being notified by the Irish Government that dioxins had been detected in pork, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has worked closely with Australian Customs Service and the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service who have confirmed that fresh pig meat, bacon or ham from Ireland
Australian wine critic, James Halliday, will visit Taipei from 9 to 12 December to promote premium Australian wines in Taiwan and China.
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.
A gourmet imported petfood has been withdrawn from sale after an outbreak of chronic illness and death among Sydney cats.
China's quarantine service has rejected imports of Australian milk products because they failed bacteria tests.
Blame it on western demand for cheap food or lack of domestic controls in place, but the current milk crisis has led to the public scrutiny on food products as never before.
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.
An Australian decision to ban imports of tamarillos from New Zealand has angered farmers across the Tasman.
Australia's devastating drought has opened a new market for New Zealand's pea growers.