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Kids Books Series: Where your food comes from

In keeping with their aim to share knowledge about food, the Asia Pacific Centre for Food Integrity has this great range of kids books in English and Chinese, which will show your little one (or ones!) how food gets from the farm gate to their plate.  Easy to read with colourful illustrations, check out the Asia Pacific website for these great books

Use this address in your browser to see them on the Asia Pacific website: http://www.asiapacificfoodintegrity.com/#!links/v4mhl

Food Integrity Conference 2016

Press Release                           

Food Safety Minister, the Hon Jo Goodhew, opened New Zealand's inaugural global Food Integrity Conference held in Auckland on 13 July.

Initiated by local company, Asia Pacific Centre for Food Integrity, New Zealand's supply chain with China was at the forefront of the conference which came at a key time on the world stage for food safety with regulations and requirements changing worldwide and impacting the entire food chain.

Local business women Rachael Speedy, Managing Director of NZ Premium Foods, knows the value of premium food from New Zealand and spoke on 'Building Reputation: Building Brands Across Borders'.

Developing markets, especially China, are driving New Zealand’s food and beverage export growth with Asia now the largest destination region.

International keynote speakers included:

- Col. John Hoffman from the Food Protection and Defence Institute – a US Department of Homeland Security Centre of Excellence.

- Sonia Bradley from the World Bank, Global Food Safety Programme

- Professor Wu, Chief Scientist, China National Centre of Food Risk Assessment in Beijing; and

- Kevin Wang, Editor-in-Chief, China Food Safety Magazine.

- Karl Ye, Managing Director, GMP Pharmaceuticals, joined the Executive Director of Export NZ, Catherine Beard and Hamish Findlay, General Manager, ESR Ltd to discuss export opportunities.

The Red Circle Group

October 2016

Rachael is part of a progressive group called The Red Circle who met once a month to discuss business between NZ and China.

Here they are at the Grand Harbour Restaurant, Auckland Viaduct. 

Melba Group turns 21!

November 2016

NZ Premium Foods was invited to the 21st celebration of a long standing cafe institution in Auckland, Melba Group.  It was a fabulous night which also raised funds for the Starship Foundation.

Melba Group are purveyors of fine hospitality establishments throughout Auckland, serving outstanding coffee and delicious food.

They are dedicated to award-winning service and excellent fare that has cemented the popularity of their establishments.

They are focused on quality products and use our foodies for food lovers Extra Virgin Olive Oil in their cafes.

Food and Beverage Commercialisation and Export Event

December 2016

Rachael was invited to speak at a workshop organised by BNZ/Food Bowl/Plant and Food Research.  Other speakers included Craig Armstrong from NZTE, Dr Peter Stevens CEO of GS1, Dr Helen Darling Founder of the Asia Pacific Centre for Food Integrity and Tim Grainger CEO of Venerdi.

Rachael spoke about building her company and developing markets in China.  Along with Dr Helen Darling, Rachael also spoke about Food Integrity and Food Fraud.

It was a fantastic workshop where customers, suppliers and specialists could come and network.  BNZ, Food Bowl and Plant and Food Research were also on hand to advise attendees how they can help with developing new product lines and export into new markets. 

Foodfirst Trade Show

March 2017

It was great to attend the recent Foodfirst Trade Show held at the Auckland Showgrounds.  It was themed "Gold Rush" and was a fantastic event to meet the foodfirst distributors and their customers. Attendees sampled our fare made with Foodies for Food Lovers extra virgin olive and NZ Organic Flaky Salt.