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    • 19 Feb 2025
    • 21 Feb 2025
    • Distinction Coachman Hotel Palmerston North, New Zealand
    • 0
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    Please pay as soon as possible after registering. Payment details are on your invoice.  Please include your invoice number.

    Please note: Registration price does not include accommodation.
    Please click here for accommodation options in Palmerston North.

    TERMS & CONDITIONS:

    EARLY BIRD PRICING

    Early Bird pricing is available until December 16th 2024. After this time prices will increase by $100 for full tickets and $50 for student tickets.

    NZIFST & AIFST MEMBER RATES

    NZIFST & AIFST Membership must be valid in order to purchase member rates. If you are not an active member, you will not be able to access the member pricing. AIFST members please contact aifst@aifst.com.au for the discount code.

    If you would like the instant benefits (like $150 off your NZOZ Symposium registration prices) of being an NZIFST or AIFST Member please click here and join us. 

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    TRANSFERS

    If you’ve registered for NZOZ 25, but can’t attend, it’s fine for another person to attend in your place as long as you let us know before February 10th, please email wendy@nzifst.org.nz to organise.

    CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS

    All cancellations must be in writing to wendy@nzifst.org.nz.

    * If received on or before Dec 16th 2024 - full refund

    * If received between 17th Dec 2024 and 6th Jan 2025 - full refund less $100 + gst admin fee.

    * If received between 7th Jan 2025 and 21st Jan 2025 - 50% refund less $100 + gst admin fee.

    * If received after 21st Jan 2025 - any refund will be at the discretion of management.

    CHANGES TO CONTENT, POSTPONEMENT & EVENT CANCELLATION

    In the unlikely event of cancellation of this event, there are no plans to deliver the contents virtually. In such a case, registrations will be refunded less a booking fee.

    The organisers reserve the right to alter the times, dates and speakers in this conference - before confirming your travel or accommodation, it is your own responsibility to confirm the current programme via the website or contact wendy@nzifst.org.nz



    • 24 Mar 2025
    • 12:30 PM
    • 27 Mar 2025
    • 4:45 PM
    • JetPark Hotel, 63 Westney Rd, Mangere, Auckland
    • 20
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    EHEDG Advanced Course on Hygienic Design

    EHEDG NZ is excited to announce the first delivery of this premium hygienic design training for 2025. The hands-on 3.5-day course comes with a globally recognised certificate of completion and targets key hygienic design stakeholders and leaders within the Food Manufacturing Industry, Equipment Suppliers and Project Managers, Third Party auditing agencies and Service organisations. After completion of this course, participants will be qualified to lead hygienic design risk assessments in their workplace.

    OVERVIEW:
    This course will provide knowledge and insight into the hygienic design of equipment and hygienic engineering aspects especially for the food, but also for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries. A key focus will be on essential understandings and management systems needed to meet the recently introduced GFSI Hygienic Design Benchmarking Requirements for both Food Manufacturers and Equipment Suppliers.

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

    • Designers from technical engineering, process development and quality assurance 
    • Management, marketing and sales staff from design and mechanical engineering companies and food manufacturers
    • Operators, maintenance engineers, installers and sanitarians
    • Auditors, inspectors, testers, consultants and certifiers

    DISCOUNTS FOR:

    • EHEDG members (Company/Institution or Individual)
    • Students
    • Multiple registrations from same company

    For the full course brochure click here  

    NOTES:

    • This course is limited to 24 attendees & registration closes 21st Feb 2025
    • Additionally, a minimum of 14 people is required for this course to go ahead.
    • Please see booking and cancelation policies below.

Past events

6 Dec 2024 Factory Tour - Otago Southland Branch invite you to Common Ground Espresso for a tour & tasting
29 Nov 2024 In Person Only Event - Otago Southland Branch End Of Year Function
26 Nov 2024 Canterbury Westland Branch End of Year Dinner
26 Nov 2024 Factory Visit - Canterbury Branch invites you to tour Dairyworks
21 Nov 2024 Auckland Branch invites you to have your elf an End of Year Celebration and sleigh the night away
6 Nov 2024 In Person Only Event - Waikato Branch End of Year Dinner
30 Oct 2024 NZIFST Hybrid Event - Canterbury Westland Branch presents Transitioning to Sustainable Packaging - making it happen! with Rhiannon Oakley & Brogan Thomson
24 Oct 2024 NZIFST In Person Only Event - Auckland Branch invites you to "Cheese the Day" and Celebrate Cheese Month
24 Oct 2024 NZIFST In Person Only Event - Auckland Branch invites you to "Cheese the Day" and Celebrate Cheese Month - Speakers
16 Oct 2024 NZIFST FED Talk - Central Branch presents: Alt Proteins: Is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? with Amos Palfreyman & Abby Thompson
15 Oct 2024 NZIFST FED Talk - Waikato Branch Presents Foreign Objects in Food - the Importance of a Definitive Identification with Rob Archibald
26 Sep 2024 NZIFST Fed Talk - Central Branch presents Microalgae cultivation at scale: Should we welcome the dark side? with Benoit Guieysse
22 Sep 2024 In Person Only Event - Auckland Branch hosts a Free Coffee Walk & Talk.
10 Sep 2024 In-Person Only Event - Canterbury Branch is hosting a Student Mentor Evening
28 Aug 2024 NZIFST FED Talk - Central Branch hosts Social Media for Food Scientists with Sarah Golding
27 Aug 2024 NZIFST FED Talk - Auckland Branch hosts Is Consulting for You?
21 Aug 2024 In-Person Only Event - Canterbury Branch hosts Kilmarnock Enterprises - Outsourcing with Heart with Michael Toothill
30 Jul 2024 In Person Only Event - Auckland Branch invites you to a Student Careers Event
25 Jul 2024 FED Talk - Central Branch presents "History never repeats until it does" with Rodney Wong
4 Jul 2024 After Conference Workshop - Product Labelling with Zubi
2 Jul 2024 In Person Only Event - IChemE, Engineering NZ and NZIFST Joint Networking Event
25 Jun 2024 In Person Only Event - Canterbury/Westland Branch Networking Event
13 Jun 2024 In Person Only Event - Central Branch AGM
11 Jun 2024 In Person Only Event - Auckland Branch AGM - Inspirational Women's Journeys in Food & Drink
6 Jun 2024 In Person and Online Event - Otago Southland Branch AGM
30 May 2024 In Person Only Event - Hawkes Bay Tairawhiti hosts Central Branch
22 May 2024 FED Talk - Otago/Southland Branch Presents Advances in Sensors, Robotics, and Machine Learning in the Food Industry with Chris Hopkins
21 May 2024 In Person Only Event - Canterbury Westland Branch AGM 2024
16 May 2024 FED Talk - Central Branch Presents - Over One Hundred Years of Industrial Fermentation: From the Past to the Present, & a Glimpse of the Future for Food Ingredients with Dr Alan Welman
29 Apr 2024 In Person Only Event - NZIFST Auckland Branch hosts Student Interview Workshop featuring John Lawson
29 Apr 2024 FED Talk - Auckland Branch hosts 'Your Career Capital' by John Lawson
29 Apr 2024 In Person Only Event - NZIFST Auckland Branch hosts FED Talk 'Your Career Capital' by John Lawson & Student Interview Workshop featuring John Lawson
9 Apr 2024 WEBINAR - Canterbury Westland Branch Hosts 'A Day in the Life' Simulation & Modelling with Tony Ma from Beca
4 Apr 2024 FED Talk - Central Branch Presents "Is it a farewell to farms? World Protein Resources, and can Plant Based Meat Analogues save the day?" with Allan Hardacre
2 Apr 2024 EHEDG Advanced Hygienic Design Course
26 Mar 2024 WEBINAR - Canterbury Westland Branch Hosts Dairy Innovation - Emerging Trends and Issues with Anil Kaw
12 Mar 2024 WEBINAR - NZIFST Auckland Branch presents why YOU should become a student member
27 Feb 2024 In Person Only Event - Canterbury/Westland Branch Networking Event
13 Feb 2024 In Person Only Event - Lettuce Reduce Food Waste and Give Foods a Second Life with Auckland Branch - Rescheduled
29 Nov 2023 End of Year Gathering 2023 - Auckland Branch
28 Nov 2023 End of Year Gathering for Canterbury/Westland Branch
20 Nov 2023 WEBINAR - Otago/Southland Branch hosts IUFoST's Erich Windhab speaking on Ultra-processed foods – fact and fiction in the context of Food Process Engineering to optimise Food Quality
13 Nov 2023 NZIFST In Person Only Event - NZIFST Auckland Branch hosts CV & Interview Workshop featuring John Lawson
31 Oct 2023 In Person Only Event - Auckland Branch Presents - Behind the Scenes - NZ Food Awards 2023
30 Oct 2023 EHEDG Advanced Hygienic Design Course
11 Oct 2023 NZIFST Webinar - Central Branch hosts Decarbonising the Food Industry with Don Cleland
20 Sep 2023 In Person Only Event - Canterbury/Westland Branch hosts Kick Start Your Food Career
11 Sep 2023 NZIFST Webinar - Canty-Westland Branch Invites you to Global Food Safety Initiative
5 Sep 2023 Factory Visit - Waikato Branch - Food Waikato Dryer
31 Aug 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - Protein Hydrolysis - Valorising Technical Capability Across Substrates and Applications
31 Aug 2023 Auckland Branch hosts a visit to the Chelsea Sugar Factory
30 Aug 2023 NZIFST In Person Only Talk - Breaking New Ground: Innovating and Commercializing Alternative Proteins at the Riddet Institute
27 Jul 2023 NZIFST Auckland Branch hosts Student Careers' Event
27 Jul 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - The Future of Food and Food HQ's Role in it
25 Jul 2023 Canterbury Westland Branch Presents the Buzz Club Mead Talk
28 Jun 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - The Science behind enhancing your natural state of being
20 Jun 2023 Canterbury Westland Branch Presents Trickett's Grove Walnut Talk
7 Jun 2023 Central Branch AGM
18 May 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - Exploding food powders – all the calories in a tenth of a second!
9 May 2023 Southland Food Industry Networking Event
9 May 2023 EHEDG Advanced Course on Hygienic Design
27 Apr 2023 Central Branch Presents John Brooks: Taming of the Brew - A-Fermative Action from Last Century
19 Apr 2023 NZIFST AKL Branch Lion Breweries Factory Tour
17 Apr 2023 NZIFST Webinar - NZIFST Vision and Mission Update
5 Apr 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - Chinese Consumers' Perceptions of Food Products
23 Mar 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - Using Recycled Plastic in Food Contact Packaging - Exploring the Risks
8 Mar 2023 Find out what a Career in the Food Industry looks like with the Canterbury/Westland Branch
2 Mar 2023 WEBINAR - Central Branch Hosts talks on Lupin and Plant Proteins
27 Feb 2023 MPI Webinar - Food and Beverage Draft Industry Transformation Plan
16 Feb 2023 NZIFST FED Talk - Hosted by Central Branch - Food Fraud: Risks and Challenges in NZ Context with Dr Kirill Lagutin
15 Feb 2023 Function of Citri-Fi® in application including egg replacement
13 Feb 2023 17th NZOZ Sensory Symposium 2023
29 Nov 2022 Canterbury/Westland Christmas Dinner
23 Nov 2022 Auckland Branch - Christmas Party 2022
17 Nov 2022 WEBINAR - Angus Brown talks about Arepa - A Brain Food Technology Company
15 Nov 2022 EHEDG Advanced Course on Hygienic Design
27 Oct 2022 WEBINAR - with Cathy Lang - Master Cheesemaker
19 Oct 2022 Auckland Branch NZ Food Awards 2022 Event
18 Oct 2022 Central Branch Webinar - NZ Pet Food Industry - Transition from a Low Value Local Focus to a High Value Export Focus
4 Oct 2022 Canterbury/Westland Branch Presents Organic Certification with Mark Hawker from AsureQuality - In person and Online
20 Sep 2022 Canterbury Westland Branch Presents Callaghan Innovation Industry 4.0 Showcase
14 Sep 2022 NZIFST Speed Mentoring - Auckland Branch
30 Aug 2022 NZIFST Student Evening
4 Aug 2022 NZIFST Student Careers Evening
28 Jul 2022 NZIFST AK Branch AGM - with Off-Piste Provisions
19 Jul 2022 WEBINAR - Covid-19 & Food Safety (on-line only)
5 Jul 2022 NZIFST Conference 2022
15 Jun 2022 Virtual Tour - Visit the Wild West Coast without leaving home!
14 Jun 2022 Waikato AGM & FED Talk (in-person only)
26 May 2022 WEBINAR: "Feel like insect tonight?"
24 May 2022 Canterbury Westland AGM 2022
5 Apr 2022 WEBINAR - Implementation of PEAL
30 Mar 2022 WEBINAR - Meat alternatives are still alternatives for Kiwis
8 Mar 2022 EHEDG Advanced Course on Hygienic Design (New Dates!)
30 Nov 2021 PRESENTATION: "Upcycling Food" + NZIFST Special General Meeting
18 Nov 2021 Auckland Branch Christmas Party 2021 - now on-line!
27 Oct 2021 WEBINAR - Pea Protein Extraction
21 Oct 2021 WEBINAR: "UV Technologies for Surface Disinfection"
12 Oct 2021 FED Talk: Introduction to Fungi - Mythic Mushrooms
30 Sep 2021 WEBINAR: "Turitea, we have a problem"
22 Sep 2021 NZ Food Price Index (On-line)
7 Sep 2021 WEBINAR: Sous Vide and the role of proteolytic enzymes in tenderising meat
24 Aug 2021 CY Branch presents "It's Student Evening!" (POSTPONED: DATE TBA)
5 Aug 2021 "Food Smoking - the science behind the art" Webinar & IN-person
20 Jul 2021 WEBINAR: "Spray drying of sticky products"
29 Jun 2021 WEBINAR - "Revolutionary means for freezing liquid products"
29 Jun 2021 "We're here to help you" - Tracey Sheehy
15 Jun 2021 "Export Recall and Non-Conformance" with Andrew McKay
10 Jun 2021 Auckland Branch AGM - "Moustache"
17 May 2021 Canterbury Westland AGM 2021
11 May 2021 Carolyn Mortland ”Food sustainability: a Fonterra perspective”.
13 Apr 2021 The Microbiome as We Age
29 Mar 2021 New allergen labelling rules: impact of the new code
17 Mar 2021 NZIFST 2020 JC Andrews Address - Phil Bremer
10 Feb 2021 "RISK = OMG x WTF!"
9 Feb 2021 NZOZ Sensory & Consumer Science Symposium
26 Nov 2020 Auckland Branch Christmas Party
10 Nov 2020 “Do Food Regulations stifle Innovation: A formulation perspective”
29 Oct 2020 NZIFST Food Industry Awards 2020 - NEW DATE CONFIRMED
13 Oct 2020 Speed Mentoring
9 Sep 2020 NZIFST Auckland Branch Careers Evening
7 Jul 2020 "There and Back Again. A Pandemic's Tale (in the Food Industry)"
10 Feb 2020 "The birth and journey of a luxury food brand"
30 Jan 2020 Creating Value Through Innovation: An Interactive Workshop
14 Nov 2019 NZIFST Auckland Branch Garden Christmas Party
31 Oct 2019 Whole Genome Sequencing Conference
24 Oct 2019 AK Branch ICE-CREAM Judging night with Kay McMath
1 Oct 2019 Advancing Food Safety & Quality Through Hygienic Design - a 3-day course presented by EHEDG
9 Sep 2019 AK Branch - SPEED MENTORING event
8 Aug 2019 NZIFST Auckland Branch - STUDENT CAREER EXPO
3 Jul 2019 NZIFST FOOD INDUSTRY AWARDS DINNER
2 Jul 2019 NZIFST Annual Conference
20 Mar 2019 Bronson-Savpac Tour
19 Mar 2019 Canterbury Branch Meeting
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