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Australian takeaway coffee lids with heat sensor seeks crowdfunding to expand to US

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Smart Lids hope to expand to US market using crowdfunding Australian packaging firm Smart Lid Systems is hoping to expanded their heat sensitive takeaway coffee lids to the US, making the lids available...

Australian consumers warned: US FDA investigates dietary supplement for hepatitis outbreak

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has alerted consumers to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation into dietary supplements labelled OxyELITE Pro. FSANZ has advised consumers not...

US Court ruling supports meat Country of Origin labelling laws

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The American Meat Institute (AMI) has said it will appeal a decision by a US District Court not to block the implementation of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) May 2013 final rule on Country...

Preschoolers obesity rates decline in 19 US States

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After decades of rising obesity rates, obesity among low-income preschoolers declined slightly in 19 States and US territories from 2008 through to 2011, according to the latest Vital Signs report from...

FDA defines ‘gluten-free’ for US food labelling

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new regulation defining the term ‘gluten-free’ for voluntary food labelling. The regulation was published 2 August 2013 in the Federal Register. The...

Mandatory country of origin meat labelling attacked by US meat companies!

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If American Government officials thought that American meat producers would welcome mandatory country of origin labels (CoOL) to distinguish US meat from meat imports, they might need to think again. The...

Launches of ‘economy’ foods and drinks growing globally

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The number of ‘economy’ food and drinks products launched in the UK has outstripped the number of ‘premium’ launches for the first time in 2012, according to new findings from market research organisation...

USDA launches “Smart Snacks in Schools” nutrition standards

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched its “Smart Snacks in Schools” nutrition standards, which will affect the kind of foods allowed to be sold in vending machines or other a la carte...

International nutrition label news: US women are reading labels but UK ‘traffic light’ labelling’s off to shaky start

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The new ‘traffic light’ food labelling system has been launched in the UK, but some experts have suggested cereal manufacturers are unlikely to implement the voluntary system. Meanwhile, in the US,...

Canada may retaliate on US ‘country of origin’ meat labels, with threat of tariffs

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Canada has warned that it may impose tariffs on a large range of food products if the US does not change a meat-labelling policy that Canadian beef and pork industries say is costing them more than CA$1...