Ploughmans Bakery bread batches recalled after plastic warning
The Country Grains batches have the best before date of "02APR22" on the bread tag.
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Focus: Supermarket shelves empty post traffic light announcement
Supermarket shelves have been stripped empty in many supermarkets across the country following Sunday's announcement. Video / NZ Herald
Health survey shows people are smoking less
Smoking rates have decreased across all ethnic groups.
Common ingredient found to cause cancer
New research discovers common ingredient can increase the likelihood of cancer.
RJ's licorice recalled after using lead-contaminated sugar
Confectionery brand RJ's has been affected by a recent major recall of sugar.
Ready-to-eat salads recalled due to listeria fears
A selection of ready-to-eat salads are being recalled as they might contain listeria.
Cuppa conundrum: Should you store your tea in the fridge?
We've got the tea on appropriate tea bag storage.
NZ still sending plastic waste to developing countries
Since 2019, more than 10,000 tonnes of NZ's plastic has gone to Malaysia alone.
'Limit nicotine': Govt considers ways to meet smokefree 2025 goal
The Government is suggesting limiting the amount of nicotine allowed in cigarettes.
Big Candy v The Artist: Whittaker's upset at replica K Bar wrappers
Candy crusher: Art and commerce collide in a stoush about K Bars.
Napier's Goodtime Pies needs workers to help make a million more pies a year
The Napier bakery has signed a new supply deal worth more than a million pies.
End of an era: Kiwi brewer on five years of 'Dump the Trump' beers
Many fridges around New Zealand have "Dump the Trump" beers chilling today.
Sasha Borissenko: How blaming obesity on individuals has fuelled discrimination
COMMENT: No NZ government has tackled the obesogenic environment effectively.
Ben Kepes: Whittaker's and all that is good about dynasties
Ben Kepes on keeping it in the family.
Consumers warned muesli bar batch contains rubber
The Ministry for Primary Industries says the affected bars should not be eaten.
Volker Kuntzsch to step down as Sanford CEO
Kuntzsch goes next week; Andre Gargiulo will be acting CEO as global recruitment begins.
Up in smoke: Cigarette sales plunge by almost 200 million a year
About 2132 million cigarettes were sold last year - 193 million fewer than 2018.
Tea and cake for NZ's Zealong in Japan showcase deal
Japan deal is a bright spot amid pandemic hit for Zealong, NZ's only tea plantation.
Holy smokes! Man arrested trying to smuggle 2.2m cigarettes
Today's tobacco bust is Customs' largest ever at the border in a single shipment.
'A slap in the face:' Goya faces boycott after CEO praises Trump
Praise for Trump by Goya Foods CEO has angered Latinos hit hard by President's decisions.
Brewery halts production of Corona beer
The Mexican government has deemed breweries as non-essential businesses.
Not sweet as: Some baby formula has more sugar than Fanta
An international study is raising questions over sugar levels in formula baby milk.
Dunedin chocolate company Ocho moves on Cadbury closure 'opportunity'
"Had Cadbury carried on, Ocho would have remained a small artisan business."
Company owned by NZ's richest man reports US$5m loss
Graeme Hart's Reynolds Group has reported a US$5m ($7.3m) loss.
Big read: Will cheese become NZ's next craft beer?
There's a strong aroma of cheese wafting through the commercial air.
Major supermarkets now selling e-cigarettes as tobacco price rises
Major supermarkets selling e-cigarettes as tobacco price rises.
Crocodile Dundee: 'I was a drug dealer'
'It was a staggering success but I was a drug dealer,' says Crocodile Dundee star.
New high-tech tobacco product illegal
A high-tech tobacco product launched in New Zealand by Philip Morris is illegal, the Ministry of Health says.
Legality of tobacco product in question
Two of the world's largest tobacco companies are at odds over whether a new tobacco product being launched in New Zealand is illegal.
R-rating for smoking on screen
New Zealand researchers are calling for TV shows that feature smoking scenes to be rated R.
The gruesome look of NZ cig packets
Tax on tobacco will be hiked and Government will forge ahead with plain packaging but the jury is still out on the role of e-cigarettes.
Tobacco; Grow your own and save
86 year old Wouter van Dijk grows tobacco at home mainly for the fun of it but as he demonstrates if people really want to smoke they can grow their own in the garden and save hundreds or thousands of dollars a year.