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.
A key glyphosate “safety” study has been retracted for ghostwriting and hidden conflicts. Use our ready-to-send templates to ask your school or council to pause glyphosate use.
A cornerstone glyphosate “safety” study used by regulators for decades has just been retracted — after evidence showed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto. This changes everything about how glyphosate risk has been assessed, including here in New Zealand.
Farmers may have the right to farm — but do they have the right to pollute? As glyphosate residues turn up in bread, honey, milk and feed, who’s protecting our food?
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.
Melanoma has long been framed as New Zealand’s “sunlight problem.” But new international research suggests herbicide exposure may also play a role — even after UV is accounted for. Could the same patterns be unfolding here? It’s time to ask harder questions about our chemical landscape.
Bayer has quietly added another €1 billion to its Roundup lawsuit fund, pushing total reserves close to €7 billion. If glyphosate-based weedkillers are truly “safe,” why does the litigation never stop? And what does this growing legal fallout mean for New Zealand?
New Zealand cows are being fed glyphosate-sprayed pasture — often without consumers knowing and without any herbicide testing in milk. Here’s what this means for animal health, offal eaters, and our food safety system.
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.
Imagine standing in the supermarket, picking up a box of cereal, scanning the barcode… and seeing actual lab results instead of vague marketing claims.
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New Zealand’s glyphosate assessment was built on a selective evidence base — and the 2017 Bruning–Browning review exposed just how much science never made it into the room. In this bonus investigation, we explore the missing studies, the unpublished data, the methodological shortcuts, and what these gaps mean for trust, transparency, and the future of chemical oversight in New Zealand.
Is glyphosate (Roundup) safe when used as directed? New 2025 studies, including the Global Glyphosate Study, show tumors and organ damage in animals at doses regulators call safe. While EPA and EFSA claim no human risk, independent research and billions in cancer settlements raise serious concerns. This 2025 review breaks down the latest science vs. official claims so you can decide if glyphosate belongs in your garden or food.
New Zealand’s EPA is back in court — and the arguments sound eerily familiar. In the final part of our mini-series, we look at why the agency’s 2025 defence mirrors the same assumptions, gaps, and borrowed conclusions challenged in 2017, and what this means for glyphosate regulation, public trust, and the future of chemical oversight in New Zealand.
New Zealand’s glyphosate decisions didn’t falter because the science was unclear — but because the system leaned on industry-influenced agencies and untested assumptions. Here’s how that coziness shaped our regulatory outcomes.
A 2017 review warned the NZ EPA had overlooked major glyphosate risks. Eight years later, those same issues are heading to court — and nothing has changed.
A single drop of glyphosate changed Damean Ross’s life forever. After decades of pain, dismissal, and silence, he's finally ready to share what happened—and why it still matters.
