Requirements
A list of Food Act 2014 requirements.
Legislation
Regulations
- Food Regulations 2015 – NZ Legislation website
- Food (Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations 2015 – NZ Legislation website
Regulations in force until 28 February 2019
- Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 – NZ Legislation website
- Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 – NZ Legislation website
Notices
- Food Notice: Approved official templates for food control plans developed by third parties [PDF, 249 KB]
- Food Notice: Exemption from Onsite Assessment of Evaluation [PDF, 330 KB]
- Food Notice: Exemption from operating under a registered food control plan or national programme [PDF, 372 KB]
- Food Notice: Food Safety Template for Cheesemakers [PDF, 449 KB]
- Food Notice: Importing Food [PDF, 249 KB]
- Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds [PDF, 729 KB]
- Food Notice: Official Template Food Control Plans for Food Businesses [PDF, 347 KB]
- Food Notice: Requirements for Food Control Plans and National Programme [PDF, 371 KB]
- Food Notice: Requirements for Recognised Agencies and Persons [PDF, 405 KB]
Templates
- Simply safe and suitable template [PDF, 952 KB]
- Food Safety Template for Cheesemakers [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- Food Control Plan: Food service and food retail
- Food Control Plan – Basics Pack [PDF, 3 MB]
- Food Control Plan – Diary [PDF, 1 MB]
- Food Control Plan – Retail Basics [PDF, 804 KB]
Food service and retail specialist sections
- Food Control Plan – Serve Safe [PDF, 2 MB]
- Food Control Plan – Baking Safe [PDF, 996 KB]
- Food Control Plan – Fish Safe [PDF, 944 KB]
- Food Control Plan – Butchery Safe [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- Food Control Plan – Deli Safe [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Updating your Food Control Plan
These updates apply to both the Simply safe and 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 your Food Control Plan [PDF, 136 KB]
Food standards
- New Zealand Food (Supplemented Food) Standard 2016 [PDF, 149 KB]
- New Zealand (Permitted Fortification of Bread with Folic Acid) Food Standard 2012 [PDF, 71 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