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Starting a New Food Business?

Below is a summary of steps that must be taken before you can successfully run a food business.

Step 1: Find out the Rules

 If you grow, manufacture, import, store, transport or sell food or beverage products, you need to meet certain food safety requirements. The way you trade in food determines the legislation you need to follow – you might need to operate under the Food Act, Wine Act, Animal Products Act, or Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Acts. 

Step 2: Create a Plan or Programme

Under the Food Act 2014, you will need to follow a food control plan or national programme for making and selling food. Alternatively under the Animal Products Act you may need to follow a risk management programme. The plan or programme you need to complete depends on the rules you need to follow.

Step 3: Get Evaluated

The plan that was created needs to be evaluated by a recognized evaluator. (MyFood Plans are pre-evaluated so saves you time and money) )

Step 4: Register your Food Safety Plan

All food businesses need to be registered before you start making and selling food. There are 2 options for registering – either with MPI or with your local council. 

Step 5: Get Verified

Once you have a plan or programme in place, you will need to get everything checked by a person (a verifier) to ensure you are making and selling safe and suitable food.

How Can We Assist?

ConsultFood Limited can help you from Step 1 by guiding you on what rules your company needs to follow to helping you achieve verification. What kind of help you need can be customized to your needs. We have across the industry experience and can achieve desired results.*

Export Compliance

We can assist you to export your products to other countries which involves labelling, formulation, packaging, testing, product identity, product registration and OMAR requirements. Some of the countries that we specialize in are China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Pacific, Singapore, Australia, Mauritius, French Polynesia and Korea.

Labelling

Food labels must comply to the regulations of the country the product is sold in. ConsultFood can assist you by getting your labels right for New Zealand or any export market.

Food Safety Programme Development

Whether you need Risk Management Programme, Food Control Plan, National Programme or My Food Plan, we can assist you to develop, implement and register your plan.

HACCP

HACCP forms the basis of a risk based food safety programme and getting it right is crucial to your company. At ConsultFood we can work closely with you and write this plan for you.

* ConsultFood services do not cater for animal products primary processing, infant formula and follow on formula processing.