We know sugar is not very good for our waistline, but new research out of the US has found the negative impacts of sugar may extend even further: to your brainpower. And don't think that because you don't add sugar to your coffee you're immune, because you're probably consuming more than you think.
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Undeclared “meat glue” used in countless American products
First it was “pink slime” horrifying consumers in the US, now it’s emerged that millions of Americans are also consuming “meat glue” each week.
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Visy accused of using Hell’s Angels for debt collections
Packaging company Visy has labelled reports that it uses Hells Angels bikie gang members as debt collectors as “nonsense.”
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Calling time on alcohol taxation in Australia
Australia’s approach to alcohol taxation is riddled with inconsistencies.
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Coles and Woollies not entirely to blame for supermarket wars, Dick Smith tells Inquiry
Dick Smith has warned against forcing the break-up of Coles and Woolworths, saying it would only further damage the food sector.
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Dick Smith fronts Senate Inquiry into food industry
Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith will front the Senate Inquiry into the food processing industry and supermarket dominance today.
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Good culture: how the rise in yoghurt consumption is helping Aussie farmers
Yoghurt is one of the fastest-growing food categories in Australia, and the increased consumption is not only improving health, it's helping Aussie farmers.
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Supermarket price wars are killing drivers: transport union
The supermarket price wars are claiming more victims than just food manufacturing facilities, with accusations from the Transport Workers Union (TWU) that the pressure is forcing truck drivers to drive unsafely, leading to road deaths.
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Federal Budget 2012: Did the government forget the food sector?
The Gillard government has left the food processing industry reeling with its Federal Budget, channelling little money to the sector and ignoring calls for a Supermarket Ombudsman.
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PM doesn’t understand true realities of farming industry: opinion
The government needs to support its farmers if it wants to be the food superpower Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants it to be.
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Sales of fair trade certified products still rising
Sales of products carrying the Fair Trade Certified logo have increased by almost 40 per cent, as consumers become more informed about work conditions for foreign workers.
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Rate of animals slaughtered without stunning rising faster that Muslim population in UK
An animal welfare expert in the UK has accused the local meat industry of increasing the number of animals slaughtered without stunning, claiming it is for religious purposes, when it is actually a financial decision.
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When it comes to juice, keep it simple, stupid
Fruit drink, fruit concentrate, fruit flavouring, but where's all the real, proper juice? Some companies are going back to basics with their juicing, and consumers can't get enough.
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Advertising in bottle shops encourages youth binge drinking
Point-of-sale alcohol advertising is creating a generation of binge drinkers, according to new research.
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WA farmers meet with Wesfarmers to discuss milk price
Western Australian farmers have met with Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder to discuss the impact of the milk price wars on production and try to find a solution.
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Burger King to use roam free eggs and pigs by 2017
Burger King has announced it will only use animal products that come from free-range farms by 2017.
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