Britain's Food Standards Agency has issued a nationwide warning about misleading and illegal claims made on the labels of manuka honey jars, in a worrying blow to the fast-growing Kiwi industry.

A major honey company has been ordered to pulp 40,000 labels that made illegal claims about the health benefits of the New Zealand manuka honey it sells throughout the UK.

When the Herald on Sunday went undercover yesterday to Auckland stores selling manuka honey, shop assistants were effusive with claims of health benefits.

A quick trawl around a Kiwi supermarket revealed some products to make authentic home-cooks shudder.

When it comes to the Chinese consumer, most people don't know what they're talking about.

It was late afternoon in the Thar Desert as we chased the sun west to Pakistan. It was hot.

I have yet to meet a child who doesn't like a frozen cheesecake and, to be honest, they are very easy to prepare.

Decried as "heart-stopping" by its creators, the Do-Cro burger sandwiches a hamburger patty and slice of processed cheese between two pieces of cronut clones.

From duck confit to pappardelle, Nici Wickes falls for a new arrival in St Heliers

From tacos to tagines, the 2013 Viva Takeout Awards celebrate the tastiest fast food in town.

The two dominant supermarket chains - and McDonald's - are steering clear of irradiated Australian tomatoes, which are expected on Kiwi shelves this week.

An error with carton labels which stopped meat getting into China has led to about 240 workers being temporarily out of their jobs at a South Island freezing works.

He came to New Zealand in search of a better life, and in return this immigrant gave the country better bacon.

The duplicity in our food supply stretches far wider than most of us ever imagined. All sorts of common (and not so common) foods aren’t quite what they purport to be.

International success with fortified wine shows our industry is broad as well as deep, writes Viva wine editor Jo Burzynska.

Prime Minister John Key says there will be a probe into Fonterra as the Government increases pressure on the dairy giant to front up with all of the information

The potential contamination of Fonterra products with botulism occurred as a result of a dirty pipe at the company's Hautapu plant, it says.

This is a very old-fashioned type of product which harks back to the very British- inspired lifestyle when you would have fish paste sandwiches in your lunch box.