New Zealand Consumer-Level Food Recalls

New Zealand Food Safety have recently released their Consumer-level Food Recalls annual report for 2023.

NZFS supported food businesses in the initiation of 70 consumer-level recalls in the 2023 calendar year. This was a 16.7% increase when compared with 2022.

An increase in the number of consumer-level recalls initiated does not correlate with the actions taken by food businesses to manage food safety risks. Food businesses can manage food safety risks through other actions, such as trade-level recalls. For this reason, the number of consumer-level recalls initiated is not an accurate indicator of the level of risk to consumers.