The Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association (AEPMA) has re-launched its November 2011 Code of Practice for the management of pests in the food industry. The code defines best practice requirements for food business and premises. Australian food safety specialist, Gavin Buckett says that the new Code of Practice brings a new level of professionalism and understanding to pest control for the food industry. The new Code of Practice complements the requirements of the Food Standards Code and... ...Read more »

Food and beverage marketers will need to be more careful with their ‘green’ product claims after the board of the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) announced they would proceed with the development and implementation of an Environmental Claims Advertising and Marketing Code to address the increasing concerns about ‘greenwashing’. Food and beverage companies have been increasingly keen to promote their products as environmentally-friendly in the past few... ...Read more »