Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) this week released details of proposed changes to the Food Standards Code and invited comment from interested organisations and individuals. Among the changes...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand has reviewed a request by Cargill to increase the maximum permitted levels of steviol glycosides, the sweetening agent in stevia, in order to provide a better taste...

A new consultative forum, set up to facilitate more effective engagement between consumer and public health groups and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), will meet for the first time today.Food...

Popular instant noodle brand Mi Goreng is being investigated by Food Standards Australia New Zealand, after some of the company’s products were pulled from Taiwanese shelves last month, having being...

South Australian dairy company Fleurieu Milk is recalling its pouring cream after it was discovered to be contaminated with E. coli. The cream was distributed across South Australia and the Northern Territory...

Food and Health Authorities are undertaking a recall of Leptin Weight Loss Chocolate, Sumabe Acai Berry Coffee and Moti Angel Coffee, which were found to contain the prescription drug sibutramine, and...

Food Standards Australian New Zealand has issued a recall of Vitality Bakehouse brand 210g gluten-free cookies, in Chocolate Mint and Vanilla Honey cookies, due to the detection of gluten in the product. The...

Consumer group CHOICE says Australians are consuming far more salt than they are aware of, with sodium levels in food clocking in at alarming levels, and often difficult to detect by taste alone –...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand has announced plans to extend temporary maximum limits in honey for the neurotoxin tutin, produced by a New Zealand plant called the tutu bush. Currently, FSANZ allows...

Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler today announced the phase out by major retailers of baby bottles containing Bisphenol A (BPA).The voluntary phase out by the Wesfarmers group (Coles, K Mart...