Celebrity chef and food producer Maggie Beer is the latest industry insider to accuse the major supermarkets of failing to support Australian food growers and manufacturers.
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Consumers should make own choice on caged eggs: industry body
A leading representative group for the egg industry has slammed announcements from leading supermarkets and other retailers that they will sell only cage-free eggs.
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The government has it wrong on alcohol’s role in chronic diseases
The Commonwealth government looks set to lose its top position in preventative health measures.
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Children seeing same number of junk food ads as before regulation
Health experts have slammed the self-regulation of the food industry, saying children are being bombarded with advertisements for junk food.
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Australia’s commercial kangaroo industry: hopping to nowhere
Australia’s commercial kangaroo industry is the world’s largest consumptive mammalian wildlife industry.
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Another egg producer on Name and Shame list for misleading ‘free range’ claims
An egg farm in Western Sydney is the latest producer to be added to the NSW Food Authority’s Name and Shame register for misleading ‘free range’ claims.
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Hershey bows to pressure, commits to 100% certified cocoa by 2020
US confectionary manufacturer Hershey is the latest company to declare its commitment to ending child labour in West Africa, by pledging to use 100 per cent certified cocoa in all its products by 2020.
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Staff at Melbourne food plant claim extreme bullying was ignored
Staff at a Melbourne gourmet food manufacturing facility, which provides food for Ikea, Qantas and Costo have allegedly suffered extreme bullying at the plant.
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Authorities pledge continued commitment to sheep in Pakistan
The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and the Australian High Commission in Pakistan have pledged to continue their involvement in resolving the large consignment of sheep being held in Karachi.
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Genetically modified corn and cancer – what does the evidence really say?
French scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini caused quite a stir last week when he claimed he’d shown cancer in rats increased when they were fed genetically modified corn and/or water spiked with the herbicide Roundup. The paper, which seven of his colleagues co-authored, was published in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology.
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Buying local food most important to Aussies, research finds
Australians are more likely to buy locally grown foods than any other products, new research has shown.
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ACCC pledges to crack down on supermarket dominance
The Chairman of Australia’s competition watchdog has come out swinging over competition in local markets including the food industry.
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Confronting corporate power in the food system
The Federal Government’s current national food plan process is heavily dominated by business interests. It is built on flawed assumptions that the market can provide the solutions that our broken food system sorely needs.
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Govt not amused by big tobacco’s plain packaging “sick joke”
The federal health minister has slammed big tobacco’s “sick joke,” which has seen the first two companies rolling out the plain packaging for cigarettes in ways that do not comply with the new standards.
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Confusion and controversy over alleged GM experiment in China
Parents in China’s Hunan province have expressed concerns that a study their children participated in served GM rice to the youngster’s without their parent’s knowledge.
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Packaging-free grocery store opens in Austin, Texas
With excessive packaging increasingly coming under fire, is it any wonder that one ingenious store decided to do away with it altogether?
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Steggles and Sydney Roosters join forces for children’s charities
Chicken supplier Steggles and NRL team the Sydney Roosters will donate more than $60 000 to and dedicate this Sunday’s match to four children’s charities.
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Dick Smith only wanted controversy: News Ltd
News Limited has offered its perspective on debate over its decision not to include marketing material from Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith in its papers.
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Govt needs to stop Coles and Woolworths dominance: lobby group
The representative body for smaller grocery retailers in Australia are again calling on fairer competition in the sector, releasing a report outlining the consequences if regulators and governments don’t step in.
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Bread prices to increase due to US drought, but who will absorb the cost?
Australia’s largest baker has confirmed that the price of bread will increase due to the US drought.
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