The Australian Food and Grocery Council (the AFGC) is proposing that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) alter the definition of ‘gluten-free’ in Australia. The AFGC wants FSANZ to allow a...

Food safety standards in retail food and foodservice outlets across NSW have increased significantly,  New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson said in an announcement  today. Ms...

Australian Food News previously reported on the follow-up to the death of a Melbourne teenager Sara Milosevic, who died in June 2011 following consumption of three cans of a caffeinated alcoholic beverage. The...

A new scheme will provide greater transparency for New South Wales consumers about farm production systems. Terms such as “free-range”, “barn” and “cage” are now more clearly defined on the...

A Sydney butcher who used illegal additives to make meat appear more appealing has been fined over A$9,000 by the Chief Industrial Magistrates Court, relating to four offences under the New South Wales...

Batches of imported tapioca chips sold in speciality Indian grocery stores have been recalled due to high levels of naturally occurring cyanide in the ingredient cassava. The batches of ‘Grandma’s...

Food businesses in New South Wales have been told to clean up their act after a large number of penalty notices were issued to those failing to maintain adequate hand-washing facilities. Over the past...