The Smart Choices Program, which will see the introduction of a logo highlighting healthier options on hundreds of products in supermarkets, has just begun in the United States. The uniform front-of-pack...

A survey commissioned by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) has indicated that the majority of Victorians support the introduction of labels detailing health information on alcohol products. VicHealth...

Australia’s largest organic body – the Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA) – has rejected claims by Britain’s Food Standard Agency (FSA) that organic produce has no health or...

The UK’s food watchdog believes there are “no important differences in the nutrition content, or any additional health benefits” of organic food when compared with conventionally produced...

McDonald’s has been allowed to continue operating at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne despite calls from health groups to ban the fast food giant on the grounds that it sends a bad...

The UK Food Standards Agency last night outlined plans to consult on the prospect of voluntary recommendations for reducing added sugar and saturated fat in food products. The Agency is also hoping to...

UK supermarkets should pull a range of snack products, including flapjacks, from their shelves in a bid to curb rising obesity, according to the outgoing head of the Food Standards Agency – the British...

A proposal to ban alcohol advertising in sport has been put forward by the Federal Government’s Preventative Health Taskforce, according to newspaper reports. The Taskforce, set up to offer a guide...

Campbell Soup Company has outlined their innovations for the year ahead, including a Chunky line overhaul, while reiterating plans to grow via emerging markets at an investor meeting overnight. Craig Owens,...

The debate that never seems to go away is set to be on the agenda for at least another year, according to a newspaper report today. Regulation for front-of-pack labelling guides on packaged groceries is...