News Update

11 June 2015

Announcing a new Bronze Partnership with New Wayz Consulting Ltd

We are really pleased to announce our new Bronze Partnership with Maurice Parlane’s company New Wayz Consulting. Here is a bit about them and a connection to their website:

NewWayz is a multi-disciplined consulting company with deep knowledge of regulatory and customer expectations and manufacturing operations across the natural heath products sector. Whether your product is an ingredient, a health food, supplement or consumer product, we understand how to maximise its value proposition and ensure your operational and quality processes fit with potential customers and market sectors.
We have been in operation for over eighteen year and in that time have completed over 400 successful projects nationally and internationally ; providing a range of specialist services from commercial and development planning, through due diligence, project management and procurement to support with operational management, quality systems development and regulatory approvals.
NewWayz applies sound scientific thinking and risk appropriate solutions to improve performance in product development, manufacturing and supply. Our goal is to provide effective direction, advice and deliverables of the highest technical standard to our clients enabling them to operate and compete successfully in their respective markets. In doing so we enable our clients to realise added-value for their products by meeting customer expectation without compromising business performance.

http://www.newwayz.co.nz/

Mid-Year Members Function……….Save the Date Tuesday 18 August, Auckland

Your invitation to our mid-year Members Function will come out to you before the end of the month.

ASB our Gold Partners – connect now!

International ambitions can have huge rewards, but they can also carry risks. Managing this is one of the ways ASB’s Trade Finance team can help.

Whether you’re exporting or importing, ASB can work with you to understand your business and provide the funding and risk management tools to help you achieve your goals.

ASB specialists can help ensure your international trading goes smoothly, with the right tools in place to help manage your cash flow and currency transactions. They also have access to a worldwide partner bank network to provide market advice for over 100 countries.

Call Mike Atkins today to arrange an appointment on (09) 337 4830, or email [email protected].

TAPS Training Sessions – Wellington & Sydney

http://www.naturalproductsnz.org/anza-taps-training-sessions/

TGA Announces Update of Australian Regulatory Guidelines for Complementary Medicines

The Australian regulatory guidelines for complementary medicines (ARGCM) provide information for manufacturers, sponsors, healthcare professionals and the general public on the regulation of complementary medicines in Australia. The latest update, Version 5.2 May 2015, of these guidelines can be read here: https://www.tga.gov.au/book/export/html/5295

China International Probiotics & Omega 3 Industry Summit

http://www.naturalproductsnz.org/china-international-probiotic-and-omega-3-industry-summit/

US-China Health Products Association Explains Basis for Recent Changes to China’s Food Safety Law

China’s National People’s Congress passed the Food Safety Law, which has implications across the entire food sector, including dietary supplements (‘complementary medicines’, in Australia). The new regulations that will come into effect 1 October 2015 have yet to specify exactly the impact on dietary supplements. China’s FDA and the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) will be releasing implementation regulations leading up to 1 October, which will hopefully clarify exactly how the new legislation functions. As of 1 October, companies will be able to import supplements on a notification basis. However, to qualify, supplements can only contain ingredients that are on a list yet to be created/approved by FDA and NHFPC. Previous draft regulations and US-CHPA meetings with FDA have revealed that this list will be made up of vitamins and minerals.
Source: http://uschinahpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-27-Food-Safety-Law-Dietary-Supplements.pdf

Two Important Shows in Hong Kong – Close Together

Natural & Organic Products Asia – 25-28 August, Hong Kong. www.naturalproducts.com.hk

Vitafoods Asia – 1-3 September, Hong Kong www.naturalproductsnz.org/vitafoods-asia-2015/

As an organisation we are supporting both shows in terms of letting members know about them and distributing information. Some of you will be exhibiting, some of you will be attending. For others, this is a great opportunity to get up to Asia and have a good look at two exhibitions which will educate and enlighten you on what’s happening in Asia and the industry. We encourage you to arrange your next Asian trip to coincide with this timing.

James & Wells open their doors to Chinese delegation with sights set on the best of New Zealand’s food and beverage industry.

Dairy, wine and honey were high on the agenda when national intellectual property specialists James & Wells and NZCTA hosted a delegation from the Yunnan province, who were looking for New Zealand export and investment opportunities.
http://www.jaws.co.nz/about-us/media/article/jaws-open-their-doors-to-chinese-delegation-with-sights-set-on-the-best-of