A national definition for 'free range' eggs may be on its way NSW Government’s Department of Fair Trading has announced it will lead the development of a draft National Information Standard...

People on a diet are better at reading food labels, a study has found People who attend slimming groups are more likely to read and understand the nutritional information given on food compared with those...

The Cancer Council Queensland has called for food manufacturers to follow Monster's lead on Health Stars The Cancer Council Queensland has urged the State’s food manufacturers to adopt Health Star...

Monster Muesli's Berry Muesli, with Health Start Rating labelling Family-owned Australian muesli manufacturer Monster Health Food Co (Monster) is the first food manufacturer in Australia to use the...

CHOICE has tested popular lunchbox contents with the Health Star Rating calculator Australian consumer group CHOICE says it found “significant variations in the nutritional profile” of several...

CHOICE calculated the Health Star Ratings of stringy cheese products Consumer group CHOICE has used the recently released Health Star Rating Calculator to compare a selection of supermarket favourites. CHOICE’s...

A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL)...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed separate proceedings in the Federal Court against egg producers in Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW) alleging that each...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted undertakings from both Coles and Woolworths supermarket groups that they will each voluntarily cease making fuel saving offers that...

New South Wales (NSW) Fair Trading has recommended a “binding national information standard” be developed under the Australian Consumer Law that sets a clear definition of “free-range”. “A three...