Food safety

Food Handling Guide Hort  Intro Letter Draft  CLICK HERE
Food Handling Guide Hort Draft April 2010 CLICK HERE

NZFSA Meeting Notes with FMNZ June CLICK HERE

Food Legislation Changes will come in to effect under the Food Bill which will likely go before parliament at the end of 2008.

The legislation will mean that a consistent, up-to-date, nation wide approach will replace the old and often out dated laws. Some local by-laws will also be repealed by the Food Bill.

All of this will come in to effect over a 5 year period probably starting in 2010.

Farmers' Markets Stalls will be required to comply in the year dictated by the product they sell. This means that a breakfast stall will comply in year 1 while a stall selling potatoes may be required to comply in year 4.

Some stalls may be exempted from Food Control Plans (FCP) if they are deemed to be very low risk.
Other variations will be for theose products that fall under national programmes such as HortNZ's NZGAP scheme. Stall holders that fall under a national programme may still require FHG or FCP to cover their market activity

Farmers' Markets themselves will require FCPs or Food Handler Guidance (FHG). This point is still being discussed at the advisory forum where FMNZ has a seat. Click here to view a flow chart of the proposed regulatory mechanism for markets.

Some useful terms:

TA - territorial authority

FCP - food control plan

FHG - food handler guidance

OTP - off the peg

The dates for the implementation of this legislation are not fixed. NZFSA are striving to 'get it right' rather than be tied to a time frame.

YOUR FEED BACK IS REQUIRED - info@farmersmarkets.org.nz

FMNZ have a place on the advisory forum, we have a voice and an ear, we must use.  Please find information about .......

Meat at Stalls Food Safety Programme template and information about it's introduction to new and existing stalls is on the NZFSA website.

The template enables the sale of pre-packaged raw meat and pre-packaged processed meats from stalls and can be found at:

Meat at stalls - Food safety programmes CLICK HERE

Food safety programmes - Meat stalls FSP template

CLICK HERE

Contact for NZFSA

Chris Hewins
Programme Manager (Retail Sale)
New Zealand Food Safety Authority
North Tower
86 Jervois Quay
PO Box 2835
Wellington
Tel. +64 4 894 2567
Mob. +64 2989 42567
Fax. +64 463 2643
e-mail chris.hewins@nzfsa.govt.nz
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