The Australian Food and Grocery Council has welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business: Manufacturing and Distributive Trades. “Australia’s...

One of Australia’s leading producers of RTD alcoholic beverages has discovered that they can steer clear of the ‘alcopop’ tax by using alcohol derived from beer. Independent Distillers...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) had today requested individuals and organisations with an interest in food regulation to comment on a proposed change to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards...

Competition Policy & Consumer Affairs Minister, Chris Bowen, has released an issues paper calling for public comment on developing a national unit pricing regime. This is the next step toward introducing...

The Australian National Retailers Association today restated its support for a cost-effective, national unit pricing system, following the release of the Federal Government’s discussion paper. ANRA...

The European Union (EU) has become a leading exporter of regulation as growing information exchange among regulators worldwide moves closer towards a common standard in food and nutrition policy, an industry...

The Iemma Government and local councils will conduct targeted inspections across Sydney restaurants, as part of a major crackdown on food outlets, Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald announced today.The...

The Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australia’s peak food and grocery manufacturing industry group, has welcomed the government’s plan to examine creeping acquisitions laws, labelling...

Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has today welcomed the recommendations in the Productivity Commission’s Market for Retail Tenancy Leases final report, but is...

The Bligh Government is considering a blanket ban of junk food advertising on children’s television as part of a strategy to help reverse the alarming rate of childhood obesity in Queensland. Premier...