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November 2008

• In focus

• NZFSA news: A year of stories that made the news

• Campylobacter: Freezing of chicken: the pros and cons

• Food safety: Colour-coded chopping boards

• Foodsafe Partnership: Foodsafe Week

• International trade: Codex urged towards closer cooperation

• Let’s go al fresco!

• The backbone of the Animal Products Act – RMPs

• Hospitality: Making food safety a winner at Rugby World Cup 2011

• Science: The cost of foodborne disease in New Zealand

• Science: Pesticide maximum residue limit database goes online

• Food safety: Taking food away before it bites you

• Fact sheet: Mercury in fish

• FBI: Listeria targets the vulnerable

• Guest editorial: In good hands

• NZFSA news: Serious about food safety

• NZFSA news: NZFSA’s Statement of Mandate

• Overseas news: US consumer food-safety concerns

• Resources: Lunchbox safety and food safety messages for pregnant women

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August 2008

• In focus

• Campylobacter : Multi-pronged approach to control Campylobacter

• Food safety: Keeping food safe during emergencies

• Food safety: Microwaving food safely

• DFR: Look for the sticker – Food Control Plans are here!

• International trade: Track and trace

• International trade: Reaching out to the world

• NZFSA news: ‘Safe food is your business’

• Solving food safety crimes

• More variety on the cheese platter

• Turkey goes belly up

• Science: Pathogens in fruits and vegetables

• Science: Agricultural chemical use gets tick

• NZFSA news: New rules for food importers on the way

• NZFSA news: National Chemical Residue Programme 2006/2007

• Always read the labels

• Fact sheet: Don’t let plastics take the wrap

• FBI: Bulk cooked food can breed bulk bacteria

• Guest editorial: Why Mother Nature must be a component of pesticide regulation

• NZFSA news: Muddled labels poison café customer

• Resources: Wild food safety in the spotlight

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May 2008

• In focus

• DFR: Food Control Plans are coming

• NZFSA news: Review of risk management framework

• Campylobacter: Poultry processing industry must meet targets

• NZFSA news: Harvesting wild food safely

• Heavy fines for fishing and food wholesaler companies

• Picking up the bill

• Lifting the lid on cans

• Food safety: New programme for Marae food safety

• Science group walks the talk

• Taking steps to fortify our food

• Pulling product from the shelves

• International trade: Our man in Europe

• NZFSA news: Applying a risk management framework to food safety

• Fact sheet: Modified atmosphere packaging of food

• FBI: The A-B-Cs of Salmonella

• Guest column: Exposure to food can change your life

• NZFSA publications

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February 2008

• In focus

• DFR: Voluntary introduction of Food Control Plans

• Campylobacter: New rules for poultry processors

• NZFSA news: Wild about our native food

• NZFSA news: Survey provides insight into consumers’ thinking

• International trade: Milk and milk products on agenda

• Food Safety Minister has busy start

• Let’s put food risks in perspective

• A bigger bite of the export pie

• A pool of experts on food

• NZFSA news: Consumer organisations vital to food safety

• Food safety: Millions of days lost to gastrointestinal illnesses

• Foodsafe Partnership: Hand washing survey points finger at men

• Keeping lunchboxes cool

• NZFSA news: Understanding food labels

• NZFSA news: Courts tougher on food regulation breaches

• Fact sheet: The importance of iodine in our diet

• FBI: Norovirus outbreak scuppered

• NZFSA news: Review of risk management processes

• NZFSA phone list

• Guest column: Put food safety on the menu

• Resources

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November 2007

• NZFSA news: Year in review

• Campylobacter: New additions to strategy

• DFR: New ‘shop front’ for safety and suitability

• NZFSA news: Conference highlights

• Hospitality: Lowering trans fatty acids in fast foods

• Foodsafe Partnership: Foodsafe week

• Sweet nothings

• Impostors under the microscope

• Making MRLs work for you

• NZFSA news: Food labelling guide

• NZFSA resources: Britain’s back paddock

• Fact sheet: The great milk debate

• FBI: Hepatitis A

• NZFSA phone list

• Guest column: The new reality show

• NZFSA resources

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August 2007

• In focus

• DFR: FCPs to be dished up to industry

• Campylobacter: Keeping Campylobacter out of the retail chain

• NZFSA news: A shared vision for the future

• Market access gains for Pacific Islanders

• International trade: New food imports programme

• Border opens to Roquefort

• Rules tightened around shellfish imports

• Dairy export markets open up

• The road ahead

• NZFSA news: Fortified bread to help reduce neural tube defects

• Endosulfan – the story unfolds

• Catering for allergies

• Petfood scare in US triggers NZ alert

• Feeding waste to pigs

• Hospitality: Selling meat at market stalls

• NZFSA news: National Chemical Residue Programme

• Monitoring chemical residues in our food

• Fact sheet: Labelling or advertising – spot the difference

• FBI: Shellfish collecting – keeping your harvest food-safe

• Guest column: Eat this – it’s good for you

• NZFSA Resources

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May 2007

• Just say (raw milk) cheese

• Creating a safer food supply

• Grant aids Campylobacter investigation

• Research programmes on track

• DFR: You have your say

• Trans fats under attack

• Export year

• Food into the future: Conference 2007

• Crisis control

• In focus

• Shigella and shigellosis

• Is food from cloned animals safe to eat?

• NZFSA phone list

• Guest column: Chemicals in my food? No way!!

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February 2007

• FBI column: Giardia intestinalis

• In the spotlight: Campylobacter strategy

• New Zealand leads Campylobacter work

• NZFSA director steps down

• New way of thinking

• Green light for DFR

• NZFSA Conference 2006: soundbites

• Wining hearts and minds

• DFR: How it will work

• Corner dairies support FCP trial\

• VA audit system goes online

• Chilly bags are a cool way to shop

• Salami standard planned

• Food allergies booklet aids 90,000 kiwis

• In focus

• NZ and EU agree disease outbreak strategy

• Top Shop Awards

• Fact sheet: The gloves are off

• Guest column: Folic acid

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November 2006

• FBI column: Listeria Monocytogenes

• Seals of approval

• Satisfaction guaranteed

• Addressing Campylobacter concerns

• Emergency response: a bird’s eye view

• The magical world of food safety

• Allergens expert joins NZFSA team

• What’s cooking

• The bad old days

• Tomorrow’s world today

• Monitoring the domestic food system

• Read all about it

• A standard is born

• Foodsafe week lessons in life

• Animal feed proposals

• Guest column: Joining forces

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August 2006

• FBI column: E. coli O157:H7

• Food sector training reveals gaps

• Corner dairies trial Food Control Plans

• The plan in action

• Man in the Middle Kingdom

• Shellfish standard update

• News in brief

• Prospering with safe food – conference pullout

• Meet the bugs

• National Chemical Residue Programme 2004/2005 results

• In focus

• Survey drives benzene concerns away

• Staff directory

• Guest column: Rob Forlong

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May 2006

• FBI column: Campylobacter

• DFR: Food Control Plans

• DFR: a working model

• Big cheeses unite for Codex

• Antibiotic resistance: submissions received

• Teaming up with allergens

• Campylobacter: a costly concern

• A question of risk

• The Four-step process

• E-cert: leading the way in paperless trade

• News in brief

• BSE: NZFSA considers new measures

• A welcome in the hills

• In Focus

• Conference 2006

• The facts about MSG

• News in brief

• Guest column: What is the safe way to cook a chicken?

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February 2006

• FBI column: Rice not always nice

• New Zealand hosts OECD delegates

• Food safety when you have low immunity

• Pasteurisation: back to the future

• Powers of persuasion

• Bobby calf prosecutions

• NZFSA on track

• News in brief

• DFR - mapping out the future

• No news is good news

• True colours

• Invisible enemy: campylobacter

• More about Guillian-barre

• Throw another pathogen on the barbie

• Summer barbecue quiz

• In Focus

• Going, going, gone

• You gotta hand it to 'em!

• Animal Status Declaration rolls out

• Canadian BSE: a story of success

• NZFSA Directory

• Guest column

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November 2005

• FBI column: Family misfortunes

• Antibiotic resistance: call to preserve New Zealand's good record

• At a glance - key findings from the report 6 Animal traceability: not a food safety issue 8 Review update

• Food recall guide released

• Newsletter takes on a cool new persona

• Emergency response: preparation is the key

• Now go wash your hands!

• Is your fridge safe?

• New Zealand food - worth celebrating! 17 Gary Gibson prosecuted

• Reaching out to Pacific peoples

• The world according to Patrick Wall

• Strengthening food safety networks

• NZFSA - how can we help you?

• Half of all Kiwis are worried about food

• Man in the middle

• Guest column: From no idea to big ideas

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August 2005

• Foodborne illness: Small and dangerous

• We're selling our product over there...

• Our man on the frontline

• Science working for farmers and consumers

• Cutting the cost of pesticides

• Your chance to have your say on how food is regulated in New Zealand

• Call of the wild

• In focus

• Academy underpins NZFSA work

• Antibiotic sales report released

• It's a vet's life

• Codex - A highway code for international trade

• The go-between 19 News in brief

• Operation Waiheke

• NZFSA goes international

• New-look NZFSA takes control

• New roles for directors

• Guest column: Eat, drink and be wary

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May 2005

• She'll be right... it's gonna be cooked

• Pass the iodised salt

• Pill-pack sweets anger dad

• Caffeine study a wake-up call

• Food review stirs discussion

• Under the microscope

• It's a bug's life

• Some egg producers exempted

• Bee industry is humming

• New Act streamlines dairy legislation

• UK recall prompts action

• Junk science... read all about it

• Just add the facts

• News in brief

• Expert panel meets

• Submissions sought on wild food BSE measures reviewed

• Border patrol

• Pouring oil on troubled waters

• Verifying a job well done

• Emergency response team well-placed to act

• NZFSA conference gets underway

• Looking to the future

• Latest publications available

• The travelling NZFSA show

• Guest column: The sky is not falling down

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January 2005

• Food for thought

• It's showtime

• Imports Review on target

• Doctor in the house

• Trade talks pay off

• In focus

• A strategy for success

• Assessing the risk

• From strength to strength

• From a global perspective

• When fact is a four letter word

• Policy planning

• Under control

• Get ahead of the game

• News in brief

• Forum moves forward

• Foodsafe Freddie is a sizzler

• NRP on the map

• Antimicrobial allies

• A cut above

• Anyone for hangi?

• Staff Directory

• Guest column: Kiwis are a grubby lot!

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September 2004

• Foodborne illness: Clostridium perfringens

• Market Access experience brought home to NZFSA

• Working on the front line

• Wild food consumption in New Zealand

• Trading in tomorrow's world

• Cracking the egg Code

• Paper considers mandatory folate fortification

• Our man on the marae

• The food-safe guide to a good hangi

• All change at the dairy

• ACVM acts to cancel unregistered products

• What's in a recall?

• Evaluating the risk

• The impossible dream

• ANZFRMC consultation review

• Slice of life' audits

• NZFSA at Fieldays

• Kiwis make their mark at food safety conference

• Regulation of dietary supplements review

• FSANZ looks forward at conference

• AR Steering Group reconvenes

• A flourishing industry

• Grape minds think alike

• The Wine Act - an update

• New publications from NZFSA

• YOPI booklet takes the stage

• Dockside dining at home

• VA joins forces with NZFSA

• A first for managing pathogens is on its way

• Science fiction

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April 2004

• Animal products residue programme is good news

• Codex Committee makes inroads

• Consumer voice on committee: Caroline Smith de Waal

• The European connection

• PSA representing their members

• Food safety during an emergency

• Food safety and security – two sides of the same coin

• International Wine Treaty

• Ethylene oxide fumigation on the way out

• Food Safety in Pregnancy booklet in demand

• Risks in food – perceptions and reality

• Cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!

• Safe eating in pregnancy

• The Foodsafe Partnership needs you

• Sausage sizzle highlights food safety

• New residue surveillance programme to start

• NZFSA welcomes conviction

• Domestic food review well underway

• BSE – the greatest food safety threat in modern times?

• MZFVA on the hunt for veterinarians

• Balance in Trade

• Imports Programme Review humming along

• Life and death in a bite – managing the risk from food allergens

• Visitors a common sight

• Food Safety Advisory Board hits town

• FBIs: Grime scene investigation

• Guest Column: Foodborne illness – rising to an emerging challenge

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