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Australian scientists discover new sugar to overcome diabetes

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Researchers from The Australian National University have discovered a new treatment for Type-1 diabetes by using a new form of complex sugar, heparan sulphate. Diabetes Type-1 is an auto-immune disease...

Food monitoring failure in Victoria as ‘name and shame’ register falls out-of-date

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Food lawyer Joe Lederman has raised serious concerns about weaknesses in the administration and monitoring of food safety enforcement in the State of Victoria. Mr Lederman, of food law firm FoodLegal,...

Indonesian live cattle cut-backs no surprise to Australian Government: Australia subsidises its future competitor

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The announcement yesterday by the Indonesian Government of drastic cuts to the live cattle export quota from Australia in 2012 should come as no surprise. The Australia Government and its industry partner...

Woolworths responds to Coles’ court threat over price-cutting image

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Australian supermarket chain, Woolworths, has been forced to pull back a major summer advertising campaign after being threatened with court action by rival supermarket chain Coles. At the centre of Woolworths...

Coles warns buyers over unfair treatment of suppliers

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Coles Supermarket Group has issued guidelines to the buyers that it employs on ways to avoid engaging in conduct that might be considered ‘unconscionable’ in dealings when negotiating prices with suppliers...

Australia issues new government dietary guidelines: Draft NHMRC guidelines impact Australian food regulation

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For the first time in eight years, Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has revised its dietary guidelines for Australia. The NHMRC’s Dietary Guidelines are used by government...

U.S. considers points-based front-of-pack labelling system: Will Australia follow?

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The Australian State and Territory food ministers, under the umbrella of the Federal Government’s Forum on Food Regulation, propose to investigate a suitable front-of-pack nutrition labelling model as...

Ministers identify Australian food product labelling priorities

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Australian and New Zealand ministers today put nutrition and preventative health at the heart of a plan to reform laws on packaged food and drink product labelling in Australia. Ministers met in Melbourne...

Coles and Woolworths to introduce “contactless payment” for groceries

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Australia’s two leading supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths, are rolling out a new card payment system which does not require a signature or a PIN number from the customer. The system will comprise...

ACMA rejects tougher approach to TV adverts aimed at kids

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Australia’s broadcasting regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), said today that it will not be making any immediate changes to the Children’s Television Standards in response...