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Super-foods or super-frauds?

Friday 05 December 2008

The news is in. Functional foods are super popular and suppliers cannot keep up with demand. But is the hype justified?


Liquid in the lamb

Wednesday 26 November 2008

NZ lamb mince, being sold in England, has been found to have four times the legal level of added water by British food technicians checking the products.


How low can olive oil go?

Monday 13 October 2008

Australia is becoming a dumping ground for low-grade olive oil, with no effective controls in place on cheap imitations coming in from Europe.


Website compares label claims

Wednesday 20 August 2008

A new website called Labelwatch.com allows consumers to compare label information on more than 25,000 brand-name consumer products.


Dairy Farmers faces cheese labelling lawsuit

Monday 21 July 2008

Dairy Farmers is facing legal action after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took the company to court for alleged misleading advertising.


Draft of organic standard out for public comment

Wednesday 16 July 2008

Consumers and manufacturers alike can soon be confident that organic products are truly what they seem as the development of an Australian Standard for the organic and biodynamic industry nears completion.


A juice by any other name

Monday 30 June 2008

Following legal action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Federal Court has declared that Nudie Foods Australia Pty Ltd made misleading claims about two of its juice products, Rosie Ruby and Rosie Blue, and breached the consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices


GECA cracks down on incorrect labelling

Friday 31 August 2007

Manufacturers making misleading claims about their compliance or otherwise to Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) standards without having undergone a thorough independent assessment may be subject to prosecution under the Trade Practices Act.


Avoid sticky labelling issues

Wednesday 14 March 2007


Soy cancer confusion

Wednesday 31 January 2007


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