COVID-19 lockdown: NZ supplement firms allowed operation if supplying to 'essential' businesses
The New Zealand supplement firms were allowed to continue operations so long as they supplied to 'essential' businesses, such as pharmacies and supermarkets.
Health foods stores, however, were not considered 'essential' businesses.
This was according to a notice titled ‘Guidance for Essential Services’ that the New Zealand Natural Health Products (NZNHP) issued last week.
“We have received advice from the Government that if your business is part of the supply chain for an essential business, it may continue to supply those critical products and services to the essential businesses only,” it said in the notice.