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 inventor of a ‘smart food label’ believes it could could have far-reaching applications in the food service industry through its ability to reduce waste and save money for companies and...

UK health ministers have launched a nationwide consultation on front-of-pack food product labelling in a new push to see all food UK food manufacturers and retailers using the same system to provide nutritional...

A group of health Australian health and consumer organisations have renewed calls for the Australian Government to introduce legislation on front-of-pack labelling for packaged foods in Australia. The...

One of Australia’s leading public health research bodies, The George Institute, has launched a new smartphone app which gives a Traffic Light rating based on the amount of total fat, saturated fat, sugars...

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...

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...

A lack of motivation and attention of consumers prevents nutritional information on food labels from impacting positively on food choices, a European study has found. The study was part of the ‘Food...

The Federal Government has announced today that it does not support the Traffic Light labelling system previously recommended by the Blewett Report. However, it does support the report’s recommendation...

Differences in recommended serving sizes on like-for-like Australian food products are making it “near impossible” for shoppers to compare the nutritional content of the products, according to new...