Certification

New Zealand Hops Ltd is registered with the U.S Food and Drug Administration pursuant to the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Certification for the National Programme Level 3 for the operating practices implemented by the company to manage identified food safety hazards.

Bureau Veritas have certified that the New Zealand Hops Ltd management system is in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015

All our hops and hop products are composed entirely of hops bred by traditional breeding methods and have been developed entirely from The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited’s conventional plant breeding programme. They have NOT been produced from genetically engineered plants and are NOT transgenic derivatives.

Organic hop farming is a positive management system, not just a case of halting the use of sprays and fertilisers. Organic status is a hard regime for those who want to be sure that chemicals are not used in hop production, but organic is currently the only acceptable and legally recognised standard of chemical-free produce and products.