Food Safety News & Updates
What's changing in NZ food safety — MPI templates, levies and rules — and what it means for your records. Looking for evergreen how-tos? Those live in Guides.
MPI refreshed the Simply Safe & Suitable record blanks — what changed in February 2026
New Word and Excel versions, four new record templates, and what MPI says about the recording requirements themselves.
Read post 2 August 2026The MPI food business levy just went up — and it rises again in July 2027
The per-site levy stepped up to $99.19 on 1 July 2026 and hits $132.25 next July. What it is, who collects it, and what it means for multi-site operators.
Read post 2 August 2026SS&S v39-00005: are you still on the old template?
The migration deadline passed on 30 April 2026. How to tell which version you're on, and what a verifier will make of an old one.
Read postReady to Get Off the Paper Diary?
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