Services

We can assist you with a variety of food technology matters. Contact us to find out how we can help.

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Food Safety & Quality Management

A robust food safety & quality system is essential for your business to prevent risk and ensure your product is safe & suitable for consumers.

We can assist you to develop systems & processes to comply with New Zealand food safety requirements, or evaluate and improve your existing program to integrate the requirements of a third party standard.

  • National Programmes, Food Control Plans, HACCP

  • GFSI standards - BRCGS, FSSC 22000, SQF

  • Supplier & raw material management

  • Allergen management

  • Non-conformance & complaint management

  • Food fraud and food defense

  • Product testing & release

  • Finished product specifications

  • Technical documentation, including PIF’s.

Food regulation, labeling compliance. Labelling of ingredient lists, allergen information, nutritional information, serve sizes, health claims and health star ratings.

Labelling & Composition

There are rules about what ingredients can go into food sold in New Zealand and what a food label must say.

Utilise our experience to create accurate label information for your product including:

  • Ingredient lists

  • Nutrition information panels

  • Allergen, warning & advisory statements

  • Health and nutrition content claims

  • Health star ratings

  • Compliance checks on imported foods

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Technical Support

Changes in ingredients, suppliers, equipment and personnel can all lead to unexpected changes in your production process or finished product quality.

They can also affect food safety & regulatory compliance.

With expertise in the areas of:

  • product development & reformulation

  • scale up

  • process optimisation & waste reduction

  • installation and commissioning of new equipment

  • technical troubleshooting

Food Tech Group can work with you to determine the root cause of problems & help get things back on track.

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Internal Auditing

Conducting internal audits of your facility is an important way of checking that your food safety & quality system is working.

Audits can help your business to:

  • identify potential risks to food safety & quality

  • ensure compliance with regulatory requirements

  • improve operational efficiency by finding opportunities for continuous improvement

  • check the effectiveness of staff training & awareness

  • encourage a positive food safety culture

  • be prepared for customer or third party audits

If you need some help with internal auditing, preparing for an audit or closing out non-conformances from a second or third party audit, contact us now.

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Importing Food

If you bring food into New Zealand & plan to sell it, you must register as a food importer with MPI & follow New Zealand’s food safety & importing rules.

Food importers are responsible for meeting regulatory requirements specified by MPI under the Food Act 2014. This means:

  • sourcing safe & suitable food

  • keeping food safe during storage & transportation

  • keeping good records

  • having procedures in place to recall food if something goes wrong, or you find out there is a problem with it.

Food Tech Group can assist to assess the safety and suitability of food to be imported, ensuring that products meet applicable New Zealand standards. This includes checking compliance with all aspects of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (e.g. labelling & composition).