The latest on the list of ‘Weird Slurpee flavours’ is not actually a version of the famous icy drink…it’s mashed potato.
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UK govt spending £5 million on improving dairy industry
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the government will spend £5 million (AU$7.6 million) on a program to improve competitiveness for dairy farmers.
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Nestlé working to educate Ivory Coast communities to end child labour
Nestlé has officially confirmed it is involving communities in the Ivory Coast in a new effort to reduce child labour, following a Fair Labor Association (FLA) report from November 2011.
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Mapping Australia’s collective weight gain
In Australia today, around two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. This is a dramatic change from the landscape just 30 years ago when we first collected national data on weight and height.
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Major food companies targeting low income communities more likely to lead unhealthy lifestyles
A new report has found that major food processors are targeting low and middle income areas with their unhealthy products, armed with the knowledge that consumption of unhealthy foods is higher in amongst those societal groups.
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How does excess weight cause disease?
OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it – Australia is becoming an obese nation. Today we launch a series looking at how this has happened and, more importantly, what we can do to stop the obesity epidemic.
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Drinking chocolate recalled; milk content not declared
Valvorp Fine Foods has recalled its 1963 Drinking Chocolate nationally, after failing to declare the product contained milk.
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McDonald’s takes you behind the scenes, but is is really as it seems?
In an interesting PR move for the fast food giant, McDonald’s has released a video showing why the burgers displayed in its advertising look so different to those actually sold in stores.
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Edible packaging could reduce waste
A scientist has found a way to reduce packaging waste that creates millions of tonnes of landfill every year: eat the packaging.
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95 per cent of children eating too much saturated fat: study
A new study has found 95 per cent of Australian children over two exceeded their recommended intake of saturated fat.
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We source most of our fresh produce locally: Woolworths
Woolworths has unveiled a new advertising campaign, intended to inform consumers that contrary to widely-held opinion, it actually sources 96 per cent of its fresh produce from Australia.
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The problem with gluten is…
One in every hundred Australians are affected by Coeliac disease, but 75 per cent are undiagnosed, meaning that about 160,000 Australians have coeliac disease but don’t yet know it.
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Pizzas not selling, we’ll make potatoes instead: McCain UK factory to slash 40 jobs
McCain Foods will stop producing frozen pizzas in the UK, amid disappointing sales.
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Ask and you shall receive – smart consultation leads to better scienc
Worldwide, and especially in Australia, much valuable science is being wasted or stalled through what is known as technology rejection – the public’s hostile reception of new technologies or scientific advice.
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Where does the food sold in Australian supermarkets really come from?
One in every four grocery items now sold in Australian supermarkets is private label and of those, about one in two is imported.
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New invention gets sauces out of bottles as quick as water
A clever scientist in the US has come up with a way to make the process of getting sauces out of their bottles easier and most importantly, quicker.
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FSANZ recalls yeast products over salmonellosis concerns
Australia’s food safety watchdog has issued a warning to food businesses not to use two direct order yeast products.
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People in regional Australia more likely to consume alcohol, be obese
A new Australia-wide study has found that people living in rural areas are more likely to consume alcohol and be overweight and obese.
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Folic acid reduces childhood cancer rates
Folic acid has been proven to reduce the chances of neural tube defects (NTDs) in unborn babies, and now new research has found it could also reduce the most common types of cancers in children.
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Big Olive Company fined for misleading “extra virgin” labelling
A South Australian company has been fined $13 000 for misleading labelling, after it’s olive oil was not extra virgin as claimed.
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