Food Act 2014 requirements

Legislation

• Food Act 2014 – NZ Legislation website

Regulations

• Food Regulations 2015 – NZ Legislation website
• Food (Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations 2015 – NZ Legislation website
• Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 – NZ Legislation website  (in force until 1 March 2021)

Notices 

• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (Sushi Sushi Operations Limited) [PDF, 212 KB]
• Food Notice: Waiver from evaluation for custom food control plans developed through the ‘What I need to do’ tool [PDF, 448 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (Bunnings Warehouse) [PDF, 447 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (Care Association of New Zealand) [PDF, 228 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (New Zealand Aged Care Association) [PDF, 229 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (New Zealand Good Agricultural Practice (NZGAP)) [PDF, 192 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (NZGAP GLOBALG.A.P. Equivalent) [PDF, 230 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (British Retail Consortium BRC for Horticultural Operators) [PDF, 220 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (GLOBALG.A.P.) [PDF, 224 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (Lone Star Café & Bar Franchise Limited) [PDF, 208 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (Ministry of Education) [PDF, 223 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (OrganicFarmNZ) [PDF, 329 KB]
• Food Notice: Food for Export - Exemptions from Domestic Compositional Requirements [PDF, 696 KB]
• Food Notice: Food Service and Food Retail Business Food Control Plan templates issued under section 39 [PDF, 459 KB]
• Food Notice: Approved Food Control Plan Template (Baking Industry Association New Zealand) [PDF, 208 KB]
• Food Notice: Exemption from operating under a registered food control plan or national programme [PDF, 240 KB]
• Food Notice: New Zealand Food Safety Template for the Production, Storage and Sale of Cheese [PDF, 449 KB]
• Food Notice: Importing Food [PDF, 304 KB]
• Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds [PDF, 772 KB]
• Food Notice: Requirements for food businesses operating under registered Food Control Plans or National Programmes during the COVID-19 response [PDF, 225 KB]
• Food Notice: Requirements for Food Control Plans and National Programme [PDF, 371 KB]
• Food Notice: Requirements for Recognised Agencies and Persons [PDF, 268 KB]

Templates

• Simply Safe & Suitable template (updated July 2018) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
• Wine Standards Management Plan [PDF, 1.4 MB]
• Food Safety Template for Cheesemakers [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Updating your Food Control Plan

These updates apply to both the Simply Safe & Suitable template and the Food Service and Food Retail template:

• Preparing red meat for mincing and serving lightly cooked or raw [PDF, 126 KB]
• How to update: Simply Safe & Suitable template Food Control Plan [PDF, 2.2 MB]
• Update Pack: Simply Safe & Suitable template Food Control Plan [PDF, 248 KB]

Food standards

• New Zealand Permitted Fortification of Bread with Folic Acid [PDF, 188 KB]
• New Zealand Food (Supplemented Food) Standard 2016 [PDF, 149 KB]
• New Zealand (Bee Product Warning Statements - Dietary Supplements) Food Standards 2002 [PDF, 19 KB]
• Food (Uncooked Comminuted Fermented Meat) Standard 2008 [PDF, 106 KB]
• Food (Tutin in Honey) Standard 2016 [PDF, 115 KB]
• Joint Australia NZ Food Standards