New Zealand Food Safety
30 stories since November 2024 Ongoing
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- Haeata Community Campus mouldy lunches10 stories · December 2025Quiet since 15 Dec 2025
- University of Canterbury food poisoning outbreak3 stories · November 2024Quiet since 14 Nov 2024
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October 2026
- Haeata Community Campus to run its own school lunch programme


- Internal documents reveal food safety risks despite MPI assurances


- Tip Top Jelly Tip ice creams recalled over bacteria risk




August 2026
December 2025
- Over the Moon cheese owners report stolen landfill products



+3 - Food safety warning issued after landfill cheese is resold in Waikato



+3 - Haeata Community Campus has not released mouldy lunch investigation findings


- Shellfish warning issued for eastern Bay of Plenty due to toxins


- Seymour blames school principal for drama over mouldy lunch incident



- Haeata Community Campus most likely responsible for mouldy lunches



+3 - Akaroa King Salmon products recalled due to possible listeria contamination



+2 - Haeata Community Campus launches internal investigation into mouldy lunch reports




- Tom & Luke Snackaballs recalled due to possible hard plastic



- Haeata Community Campus principal denies fault in mouldy lunch incident


- Woolworths NZ pleads guilty over Dunedin supermarket rat infestation



+1 - Dispute over responsibility for mouldy lunches at Christchurch school




- Haeata principal denies political agenda over mouldy school meals


- Mouldy lunches served to Christchurch students likely left unrefrigerated for days



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October 2025
September 2025
- Tasti products recalled nationwide over possible metal fragments




- Woolworths NZ charged over Dunedin supermarket rat infestation



+1 - Durra brand tahina recalled over potential salmonella risk




August 2025
- Fruitae lemon flavour sorbet recalled due to undeclared milk


- Shellfish warning issued for Bay of Plenty coastline


