New technologies and techniques are enabling Australia’s leading agricultural scientists from CSIRO to track a reduction in the levels of livestock methane emissions and develop solutions for a more...

A leading Australian researcher at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has designed new compounds that mimic the activity of antioxidants found in wine and chocolate, which have...

New research on obesity, published today by the world-renowned medical journal The Lancet, has revealed that, for decades, dietitians and doctors have been basing weight-loss advice on mistaken assumptions. The...

Two of Australia’s largest fast food chains, McDonald’s and Hungry Jack’s, will not be following KFC’s lead by removing toys from their children’s meals. Both told Australian...

New research by Professor Boyd Swinburn and Gary Sacks, with the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Obesity at Deakin University, Melbourne, has found that global obesity rates began to...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court, Melbourne, against two Victorian meat retailers alleging false and misleading representations...

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has applauded the decision by the Federal Government to oppose the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling Palm Oil) Bill 2011. The AFGC is now urging...

Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Woolworths Limited, today reported an increase in Net Profits After Tax (NPAT) of 5.1% for the year ending 26 June 2011. Woolworths’ outgoing CEO Michael...

The Federal Court of Australia today dismissed an application by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) which sought to prevent Australian wholesale distribution and marketing company...

KFC Australia will no longer provide toys with its childrenʼs meals. The fast food chain says the move will encourage its customers to make “more responsible food choices”. KFC Australia’s Corporate...