Resources
This area includes quick links to organisations and technical resources.
If you require information that is not listed in this area, please email info@nzbeveragecouncil.org.nz and we will try to assist further.
Technical Resources
ABCL - Publications
Publication Archives
Technical Submissions
Advertising Standards Codes
Code
Food and Beverage Advertising Code
Guidance Note on Food and Beverage Advertising Targeted at Children
Short & Sweet Video: Food and Beverage Advertising Code
Quick Guide: Food and Beverage Advertising Code
Quick Guide: Occasional Food or Beverage Advertising
Infographic: Occasional Food or Beverage Advertising
Children’s Advertising Code
Short & Sweet Video: Children’s Advertising Code
Quick Guide: Children’s Advertising Code
Guidance Note on Environmental Claims in Advertising
Quick Guide: Environmental Claims in Advertising
Know the Codes – Education and Training
Health Star Rating
Health Star Rating System Calculator and Style Guide
Excel Calculator and Artwork
MPI Health star ratings step-by-step guide
FSANZ
Nutrition Panel Calculator
Labeling Guidelines
Novel Food Guidance
Caffeine
FSANZ 2024 Consumer Insights Tracker
FSANZ Corporate Plan 2025 / 26
Partner “White Papers”
…To be added
Governance
Food Safety Governance (MPI guide)
H&S Governance - A Good practice Guide (IOD)
H&S Governance - Quick Guide (IOD)
H&S Governance - Self Assessment (IOD)
Food Labelling
MPI guide to retail food labelling
A guide to labelling food sold to caterers or food service businesses
A guide to labelling food supplied to a food manufacturer or processor
Allergens
MPI Allergen labelling - Knowing what’s in your food and how to label it
Allergen Bureau: Food Industry Guide to Allergen Management and Labelling ANZ
Country of Origin
MPI Country of origin food labelling rules
Commerce Commission Place of Origin Guidance
Shelf Life Determination
MPI How to Determine the Shelf Life of Food – Guidance
Supplemented Foods
MPI Supplemented food standard user guide
MPI Food Recall Guidance
Step-by-step food recall guidance for food businesses
How to do a simulated (mock) food recall
Food recall insurance and recalling third-party branded products
Food recall documents
MPI - Food Safety Action Plan 2025 - 2027
Food Safety Action Plan
World Packaging Organsiation
World Packaging Organisation (WPO)
LOGO
Logo Use Policy
Download NZBC Logo (Transparent Background)
Download NZBC Logo (CMYK)
Download NZBC Logo (EPS)
Descriptors
Download Juice
Download Water
Water Microbiology (Home - IDEXX New Zealand)
Free online education platform, for those who wish to develop skills in water microbiology and quality control
Guide to Registering
Idexx Webinar
WasteMinz (Home | WasteMINZ)
Guidelines on the advertising of fibre and biomass based compostable products and packaging (2023)
It's complicated: A guide to biodegradable & compostable plastic products and packaging (2023)
A guide to advertising plastics used in compostable packaging and products (2022)
Best practice guidelines for the advertising of compostable packaging (2022)
Composters' position statement on compostable packaging (2022)
A quick guide to environmental claims for plastic products & packaging (2022)
End of life options for compostable and biodegradable packaging flowchart (2022)
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO Home )
Codex
Packaging Council (Home )
Proposed scheme design for a plastic packaging product stewardship scheme