Consumer groups are urging New Zealanders who value clear food labelling to make submissions opposing any move toward QR-code-only disclosures, arguing that on-pack labels remain essential for informed decision-making.
We have a government and a food regulation regime that is determined to reduce transparency and consumer information, allowing newly introduced, highly processed and possibly genetically modified ingredients to escape identification throughout the food chain and on labels.
Since the Reagan era, any high-profile proposal to curb food stamp spending is accepted as sufficient proof of mass hunger and imminent catastrophe.
In a land of milk and honey, no one should need to bid for butter.
A Green Party MP sounded like the environmentally concerned party of old and NZ First leader Winston Peters spoke – and listened – to the crowd.
What begins with the peach will not end with the peach. If current trends continue, within a few short years much of New Zealand’s food will no longer be grown here at all, but imported, processed and standardised to meet global shareholders’ demands.
It would appear Professor Nezlek’s broad analysis of the very worst character traits of vegans and vegetarians is correct, then, at least in Miss Thunberg’s own individual case.
As an ex-weed user who has actually put cannabis on pizza, I call tell you that weed on pizza is pretty gross.
Nourishment over noodles: why NZ needs a real food culture.
You would think that years and years of testing would be required before something like this is ever allowed to be released. But in our day and age, new technologies are often rushed to market as rapidly as possible.
He replaced ‘normal eggs’ with pasteurised egg whites – made from egg white powder and water – and added fondant.
Critics argue that these efforts, paired with vaccine development, risk engineering the very outbreaks that officials are now preparing to contain. They question whether authorities are laying the groundwork for a vaccine-driven public health emergency.
