The ACCC has released the Food Labelling Guide, designed to ensure food and beverage marketers are aware of their obligations to ensure all advertising and food labels are accurate.
23/06/2009
Supermarket chain Aldi is trying to make inroads into the duopoly currently dominated by Woolies and Coles with the launch its first Australian television advertising campaign on prime time TV tonight.
15/07/2009
Advertising of snack foods and drinks by Australian companies has dropped by more than 50 per cent in Australia since 2005, according to new research, highlighting that Australia’s food and grocery industry is helping to make a difference on people’s exposure to high fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) foods.
09/09/2009
The Freddo Frog, an Australian confectionery icon, is celebrating its 80th birthday with an online campaign that has fuelled debate over advertising self-regulation.
23/06/2009
The media watchdog’s decision not to ban food and beverage advertising under new children’s TV standards has been welcomed by the nation’s leading organisation representing food and grocery manufacturers, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).
03/09/2009
Buderim create an all in one solution to the classic Aussie Drink: lemon, lime and bitters.
14/12/2007
Food and beverage manufacturers have voluntarily vowed to introduce a code of conduct not to advertise products to children unless they promote a healthy diet and lifestyle.
27/10/2008
HEALTH groups have called on the government to ban free toy and competition offers associated with junk food that are often marketed towards children.
09/06/2009
tna has announced the appointment of Nartira Carlson to the position of Indian-Pacific marketing coordinator.
06/08/2007
Food Magazine's sister publication Factory Equipment News (FEN) will release an industrial product buyers guide in early 2010 showcasing new manufacturing products.
26/10/2009
Kraft’s exciting new range meets more grown up taste preferences, provides dairy goodness, and takes home the Awards’ Highly Commended title.
22/08/2008
With modern retail utilising every bit of available space to promote and advertise Visual Ice is promoting a new way of asserting brand awareness in the 'untouched' freezer section.
27/10/2008
Coca-Cola Australia has launched Powerade No Sugar, Australia’s first scientifically formulated sports drink without sugar.
27/10/2008
An Austrlian icon - the Patties Foods meat pie, Four’N Twenty, has celebrated its 60th birthday with the opening of a $21 million investment to increase production.
01/12/2008
Soft drink and snack manufacturer PepsiCo has announced it will invest $1 billion in Russia over the next three years in conjunction with its largest bottler, Pepsi Bottling Group.
07/07/2009
Dairy Farmers is facing legal action after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took the company to court for alleged misleading advertising.
21/07/2008
Australia's food and grocery sector stands ready to proactively face the challenges outlined in the Federal Government’s National Preventative Health Taskforce Strategy, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) said today.
01/09/2009
With traceability a hot topic in the food industry, accurate date and batch number marking on food packaging is vital.
03/04/2008
Wrigley’s and the Australian banana industry have been unable to reach an agreement over the confectionery maker's television ads that the industry says denigrate the health and nutritional benefits of bananas.
07/12/2009
Australia is now officially credited with the worst obesity epidemic in the world, prompting a number of policy changes.
24/06/2008