After glyphosate residues were found in UK playgrounds, questions are being asked about children’s exposure. With routine spraying across New Zealand, why would our playgrounds be any different?
Whangārei District Council reviewed its use of glyphosate following public concern and a roadside spraying complaint. While safety improvements were recommended, many were not written into contracts. This article examines what changed, what didn’t, and why regulatory assumptions matter when spraying occurs in public spaces.
How can a food be considered safe to eat, yet still raise trade and reputational concerns? Using glyphosate in honey as an example, this article explores what “safe” really means.
MPI testing has found glyphosate residues in New Zealand honey before. Our independent testing asks a different question: how common are those residues when you look closely at retail products?
MPI’s digital labelling trial promises lower prices — but by reducing the cost of importing food rather than supporting New Zealand growers. This article explains how digital labels weaken transparency, encourage offshore sourcing, and risk long-term impacts on local producers, food sovereignty, and consumer choice.
Online grocery shoppers can’t see product labels until food arrives — and that makes MPI’s digital labelling trial especially risky. This article explains why removing information from physical labels could undermine safety, allergens, substitutions, and traceability for New Zealand households.
MPI’s “digital labelling trial” sounds harmless — but it may be the first step toward removing vital information from food labels and hiding it behind QR codes. From allergen risks to enforcement gaps, here’s why New Zealand shoppers should be paying close attention before this becomes permanent.
Digital food labels are being sold as “modernisation,” but do they actually improve transparency? A new U.S. ruling warns that QR-only disclosure hides vital information. Here’s what New Zealand risks as labels move online — and what consumers still won’t see.
Before NZ rolled out its digital QR-code labelling trial, the Government’s own Product Labelling Review exposed far deeper issues — from weak enforcement to transparency gaps. Here’s what the Review actually said, and why the digital solution sidesteps the real problems.
