Food safety

Tips to help you avoid getting sick from eating food. Includes recalled food, and food that you've caught yourself.

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  • Tips

    Clean, cook, and chill. Steps you can take to keep food safe and reduce your chances of catching a foodborne illness.

  • Food recalls

    If food is found to be unsafe, unfit to eat, or contaminated, it can be either recalled, or withdrawn.

  • Foodborne illnesses

    Foodborne illness (food poisoning) is when you get sick from eating contaminated food. Here's how to avoid the most common ones.

  • High risk foods

    Some foods need careful storage and handling to ensure they stay safe to eat. Raw meat and raw (unpasteurised) milk are in this category.

  • Hunting, collecting, fishing & homekill

    Catching your own food is a traditional part of New Zealand culture. Learn how to minimise the risks of eating wild food and what rules may apply.

  • Food complaints

    If you get food poisoning, you may need to notify a Food Act officer. How to lay complaints if you find foreign objects or undeclared allergens in food, or think food businesses aren't following hygienic practices.

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