The upcoming FoodLegal Health Claims Standard workshop in November taking place in Sydney is nearly sold out. There still remain spots available to attend the Melbourne workshop. To find out more about...

Market research agency Colmar Brunton has announced a Melbourne seminar on how to make substantive marketing claims. To be held on the morning of Wednesday 15 November 2017, the ‘How to make claims stick’...

Due to popular demand and requests around Australia, FoodLegal is to run its Health Claim workshop again in Sydney and Melbourne. To be presented by FoodLegal’s Charles Fisher on Tuesday 21 November...

The Western Australian government’s ‘LiveLighter’ health program is warning consumers to not assume products marketed as “natural” are always healthy options. The warning comes after the health...

Messages around nutrition can be overwhelming, so overwhelming in fact that many consumers are left confused about which product to choose. Equally, it’s confusing for food manufacturers when evaluating...

On 18 January 2016, the period for relying on the old transitional health claims standard, in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, expired. The new Food Standard 1.2.7 now stands alone.   In...

Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a...

New research from the Netherlands has found that most Netherlands-based consumers pay little attention to the ingredients lists on food labelling.   The study, which was commissioned by Unilever and...

Consumer advocacy group CHOICE ha hit out against some of Australia’s biggest food companies saying the companies are misleading consumers by using self-made canteen certifications.   Street’s...

The European Commission (EC) on 7 October 2015 published an update on an evaluation of issues on nutrition and health claims regulations.   The evaluation considers two specific areas of the EU’s...