The Italian influences on Australia’s eating habits have become so ingrained in our diets that we forget where they started.
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More education needed about polyunsaturated fats
Australian medical experts are calling on the leading health research group to include polyunsaturated fats as a necessary new food group.
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Coke’s glass bottles to receive a boost
Coca-Cola Amatil will increase the size of it’s 250mL glass bottles to 330mL and added a resealable lid, in a move the global beverage giant says will add convenience and portability.
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Nestlé Indian factory expansion to create 250 jobs
International food giant Nestlé is making some changes to its businesses in India and the US.
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Protect researchers from the perils of public health advocacy
Public health advocates who criticise industries for promoting harmful forms of consumption – the alcohol, food, pharmaceutical, tobacco and gambling industries – increasingly find themselves facing legal action for defamation or other forms of legal harassment.
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PaperlinX to acquire Canterbury Packaging NZ for $2 million
New Zealand company PaperlinX has announced it will acquire Canterbury Packaging NZ.
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Chile government bans toys with children’s fast food meals
Chile has followed in the footsteps of Australian fast food retailers by removing the toys from children’s meals.
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What does the yuck factor achieve in anti-obesity campaigns ?
The most recent Australian anti-obesity measure, the West Australian LiveLighter campaign, features a series of shocking television advertisements, including one showing a middle-aged man in his kitchen.
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Celebrating? Pop the champagne…or unscrew the top
In an Australian first, a winery has released a champagne range sealed with a screw top instead of the cork that is synonymous with the beverage.
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Can Coles and Woollies change public perception of private label impacts?
Despite apprehension about the impact of supermarket private labels and forecasts showing they will dominate shelves in the next five years, Woolworths has attempted to calm the market by releasing information on its range on its website.
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Counterfeit items flooding Australian market
Food manufacturers, packaging organisations and consumers have been warned that counterfeit household items including food products are becoming increasingly common in Australia.
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How anti-obesity campaigns reinforce stigma
Anti-obesity messages are everywhere – in news, in entertainment, and in public health campaigns.
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Coles doesn’t respond to 73 000+ consumers concerned about milk price wars
A concerned consumer’s post on Coles’ Facebook page about the impact of its price cuts on farmers has gained more than 73 000 “likes” over three days, but the supermarket giant is yet to respond, despite constant declarations that customers and farmers are its main priorities.
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Step forward for new weight-loss drug
A new compound that leads to weight loss in obese mice could help in the development of a new class of anti-obesity drugs for humans, scientists say – though this could take many years.
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As food producers suffer, Coles reports more growth
As farmers leave family farms because they can’t make enough money to survive and Australian food manufacturers continue to go bust because they can’t meet supermarket expectations, Coles has recorded a three per cent growth in sales.
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The draft National Food Plan: putting corporate hunger first
The Federal Government released on Tuesday the green paper for Australia’s first-ever National Food Plan. According to Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig, this plan “will ensure Australia has a sustainable, globally competitive, resilient food supply that supports access to nutritious and affordable food”.
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The 5 strangest ways food will be different in future
Food that comes out of a printer, giant skyscraper farms to meet the increased world food demand, drinks made of urine and jelly made out of humans.
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Workers don’t want their jobs here: Simplot boss
The promise of receiving a sizeable redundancy payout is changing the scope of the working world, and according to Simplot boss Tom O’Brien, 20 per cent of his workers want processing plants to close for this reason.
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Keep labelling laws tough: health experts
Health experts have warned that tougher restrictions on misleading labelling of food products may be overturned when food ministers meet today.
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Are people born by caesarean section more likely to be obese?
A study recently published in the British Medical Journal (project Viva) has found that children born by caesarean section have a higher rate of obesity at age three than children born naturally.
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