Food safety at home

Recent recalls, why and how food is recalled, make a food safety complaint

High-risk foods and how to avoid them

Safely feed infant formula or expressed breast milk

How to avoid foods you are allergic or intolerant to

Eating safely if your immune system is weak

Food labels explained and what to do if you find a problem

MSG, preservatives, sweeteners, and colours in food

Folic acid, iodine, and salt added to food

Foodborne illness, or food poisoning, strikes about 200,000 New Zealanders every year. Following handwashing rules and handling food safely can help you avoid getting sick from food at home.

Eating wild fish, wild game, homekilled meat, or shellfish

Find out what it means when food and products are 'organic', and about the proposed changes to organics law.

Apricot kernels, apple and pear seeds, imported frozen berries, raw milk, natural toxins

Arsenic, dioxins, mercury in fish, microplastics, PFAS, residues in wild animals

Campylobacter, E. coli, listeria, salmonella, novrovirus in food

Marae and Pacific community food safety, whitebait, who’s exempt from Food Act requirements

Eating safely when you're unwell

Avoid foodborne illness during floods, storms, power cuts, and earthquakes

Download or order food safety booklets, fact sheets, and posters