In New Zealand, the Animal Products Act (1999) required all animal product processing businesses to have a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) based Risk Management Program (RMP) by the end of 2002. The purpose of the Act is to manage food safety risks and to facilitate overseas...

Next year, crop insurance guarantees likely will be lower than those for recent years. As a result, farmers will face more downside revenue risks. Revenue guarantees for crop insurance products will be below total costs of production