Prompted by listener concerns, SBS Radio’s Punjabi program commissioned laboratory testing of those imported foods being sold predominantly by South Asian grocers in Australia. Most alarming was the...

Australian supermarkets giants have confirmed they source seafood from a company implicated in the usage of indentured slave labourers for prawn peeling.   Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets...

The Australian Industry Report was released by the Federal Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Office of the Chief Economist on 9 December 2015. The report provides an overview and analysis...

The Australian Senate’s Economic References Committee on 1 December 2015 released its report on “Third Party Certification of Food” in Australia.   The Senate considered numerous private certification...

Government berry havoc as Barnaby’s Agriculture department responsible for testing inadequacies The Australian Department of Agriculture has attempted to shift its responsibilities concerning the health...

The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), a U.S. not-for-profit organisation established in 2007 to build consumer trust and confidence in the food system, is to be launched in Australia in October 2012. Some...

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has reviewed its inspection regime for imported cocoa powder, cocoa butter and cocoa liquor at the request of inspecting officers...

The Australian Federal Budget, handed down last night (8 May 2012) by Treasurer Wayne Swan has been described by the Treasurer as a “battlers’- budget.” The Budget allocates some extra funding...

Despite the confirmation of an isolated case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), also known as ‘Mad Cows Disease’, in a dairy cow in California’s Central Valley last week, US beef...

A new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE),  commonly known as mad-cow disease, has been found in a dairy cow in California, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA). BSE,...