Australians are suffering anaphylaxis attacks because of unlisted ingredients and allergy warnings on food labels say researchers. The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute conducted a survey of allergy...

The Australian Government has launched a new website portal that provides links to best practice information on managing food allergies. The launch coincides with Food Allergy Awareness Week, which runs...

By Joe Lederman, Managing-principal, FoodLegal – www.foodlegal.com.au Do food labels help shoppers stay thinner? Yes, according to a recently released study, published in the “Agricultural...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has succeeded in a prosecution against a company and its director in relation to a company  whose name was found to have misleadingly referred...

The mandatory recycling and labelling scheme for beverage containers (“Cash for Containers”) in the Northern Territory came into operation on 3 January 2012. The Northern Territory scheme has...