[1] On 1 July 2010, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) was amalgamated back into the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Significantly, for an export-led economic recovery for New Zealand, the domestic food regulatory regime is the platform for exports.

[4] The New Zealand domestic standard is used as the basis for negotiating equivalence arrangements with trading partners.

This minimizes the excessive importing country requirements that may be imposed but which do not go to food safety.

Food Bill will also make consequential amendments to the Animal Products Act 1999 and the Wine Act 2003 to improve the interface of regulatory processes across food sectors.