Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Work smarter with a Pro licence Learn More
 

Natural Health Products - Latest News [Page 1]

Exports And Jobs At Risk From Coalition Government Decision To Axe Therapeutic Products Act

Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 2:51 pm | Natural Health Products

A Coalition Government commitment to repeal the recently passed Therapeutic Products Act 2023 is a huge blow to the industry and threatens growth in jobs and exports. "We are very disappointed at this agreement which flies in the face of the significant ... More >>

Government Must Engage With Natural Health Sector To Make Urgent Legislation Work

Thursday, 20 July 2023, 10:12 am | Natural Health Products

Health Minister Ayesha Verrall and officials must engage more meaningfully with the natural health product sector on workable regulations under the Therapeutic Products legislation passed under urgency to realise its full benefits and minimise unintended ... More >>

Flawed Law Leaves Natural Health Products' Future On A Knife Edge

Thursday, 29 June 2023, 2:16 pm | Natural Health Products

The future of New Zealand’s natural health products sector is on a knife edge, with the government progressing its flawed Therapeutic Products Bill and ignoring amendments which would make the legislation fit for purpose and unlock huge economic ... More >>

More Changes Needed To Therapeutic Products Bill After Government Announcement

Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 10:43 am | Natural Health Products

The Government’s new commitment to making changes to the Therapeutic Products Bill to lower the burden for natural health product producers is positive but more needs to be done to provide certainty for the sector, says Natural Health Products ... More >>

Parliament Must Seize Chance To Unlock Natural Health Products’ Billion-dollar Potential

Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 11:39 am | Natural Health Products

Long overdue legislation to unlock the economic and export potential of natural health products must not accidentally add more red tape that harms the growing sector and consumers, industry body Natural Health Products New Zealand told Members of ... More >>

Natural Health Products Sector Welcomes Therapeutic Products Bill Introduction To House

Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 7:13 pm | Natural Health Products

The body representing around 80% of this country’s natural health products industry welcomes in principle today’s introduction of the Therapeutic Products Bill but says the devil will be in the detail. The Therapeutic Products Bill replaces the ... More >>

Industry Body Incredulous At Government’s Inconsistent Approach To Trade Barriers

Thursday, 2 June 2022, 12:17 pm | Natural Health Products

The industry body representing more than 80 per cent of this country’s dietary supplement and natural health product companies says it is incredulous at the Government’s announcement that it will invest $20.3 million in modernising New Zealand’s trade ... More >>

Government Failure To Fix Broken Dietary Supplement Rules Puts Consumers At Risk

Thursday, 24 February 2022, 6:40 pm | Natural Health Products

New Zealand’s natural health products industry body says the Government’s failure to fix badly broken dietary supplement rules is putting consumers at risk. Natural Health Products NZ’s Government Affairs Manager Samantha Gray says the organisation ... More >>

New Zealand Natural Health Exporters Hamstrung By Outdated Regulations

Monday, 21 June 2021, 2:52 pm | Natural Health Products

New Zealand’s outdated regulations for natural health products have struck again, leaving local manufacturers unable to export millions of dollars of New Zealand-made products to key markets. Medsafe’s strict enforcement of outdated rules means New ... More >>

Natural Health Products Industry 2021 Award Winners Announced

Friday, 28 May 2021, 6:45 am | Natural Health Products

Natural Health Products NZ has announced the winners of its annual industry awards, including the Supreme Award for the best overall entry: Supreme award Vitaco Health (NZ) Marketing Award ($2m and over in sales) Vitaco Health (NZ) Marketing Award (Under ... More >>

Industry Body Announces New Covid Business Resilience Award Category

Thursday, 18 March 2021, 3:04 pm | Natural Health Products

The body representing New Zealand’s natural health industry is celebrating its members’ responses to Covid 19’s challengers by introducing a new category to its annual awards. Natural Health Products NZ is a national industry organisation ... More >>

Industry Body To Select Committee: We Have No Choice But To Support Poor Legislation

Thursday, 17 December 2020, 11:08 am | Natural Health Products

The body representing New Zealand’s natural health industry has told a Select Committee that it only supports the proposed legislation because there is no other choice. Natural Health Products NZ conveyed its frustrations during its oral submission ... More >>

Call for fish oil paper’s immediate retraction

Friday, 20 September 2019, 6:51 pm | Natural Health Products

Natural Health Products NZ says that a NZ Medical Journal paper on fish oil products is so fundamentally flawed that it should be retracted immediately, and a public apology issued to the natural health products industry. More >>

 
 
 
 
 

LATEST HEADLINES

  • PARLIAMENT
  • POLITICS
  • REGIONAL
 

Join Our Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Scoop’s 'The Catch Up' our free weekly newsletter sent to your inbox every Monday with stories from across our network.