The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recently released the Food Labelling Guide, which has been designed to ensure food and beverage marketers are aware of their obligations to ensure...

Eighty-five per cent of food packages sold in the EU have nutritional information, according to the first released findings of project FLABEL (Food Labelling to Advance Better Education for Life). An audit...

The thirteenth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council* was held in Sydney today, with alcohol health warning labels and food labelling on the agenda. The meeting was...

Eighteen major catering companies, including many high street fast-food brands, will introduce calorie information on their menus for the first time. The list of trailblazers, announced overnight by UK...

The introduction of a traffic light system on the front of products would represent an overly simplistic approach to food labelling, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), which represents...

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) today welcomed the federal government’s positive response to the Productivity Commission’s Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business: Manufacturing...

Consumer interest in food labels may not be as strong as expected, with recent research suggesting that up to half never pay attention. The research carried out by Sarah Keogh, consultant dietitian on...

Cadbury, the world’s second largest confectioner, will add a warning label to their popular Dairy Milk chocolate products, ensuring consumers are aware they contain milk. The decision has been made...

Australian restaurants could soon be forced to follow some of their American counterparts by posting calorie counts on menus. The Preventative Health Taskforce, set up to provide recommendations to the...

There has been much made of local food products this year in westernised countries as the push toward “home grown” has stepped up in the wake of, both the concerns early this year about the...