An Australian developer and manufacturer of sustainable plastics and packaging has received Halal certification for a new range of resins.
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The 50 Day No Sugar Challenge: could you do it?
The impact of sugar on our health and weight has become more commonly known in recent times, and soon thousands of Aussies will start on the challenge to eliminate sugar from their diet for 50 days.
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Mapping Australia’s collective weight gain
In Australia today, around two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. This is a dramatic change from the landscape just 30 years ago when we first collected national data on weight and height.
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Major food companies targeting low income communities more likely to lead unhealthy lifestyles
A new report has found that major food processors are targeting low and middle income areas with their unhealthy products, armed with the knowledge that consumption of unhealthy foods is higher in amongst those societal groups.
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How does excess weight cause disease?
OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it – Australia is becoming an obese nation. Today we launch a series looking at how this has happened and, more importantly, what we can do to stop the obesity epidemic.
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Longer Life Through Coffee Drinking?
There is a persistent belief that drinking coffee is bad for you. Some alternative medicine systems eschew all coffee drinking (but are enthusiastic about coffee enemas).
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Reduced quarantine dogs will put WA at risk: union
The decision by the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) to reduce biosecurity measures at Perth Airport has been slammed by a state union.
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Australian meat included in attempted Chinese smuggle operation
Chinese media is reporting that meat smugglers have tried to get Australian products across the border.
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Edible packaging could reduce waste
A scientist has found a way to reduce packaging waste that creates millions of tonnes of landfill every year: eat the packaging.
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95 per cent of children eating too much saturated fat: study
A new study has found 95 per cent of Australian children over two exceeded their recommended intake of saturated fat.
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WA govt resume sugar cane trials in Kimberly
The Ord Irrigation Scheme is leading the Western Australia Department of Agriculture to significantly increase its sugar cane trials.
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Revolutionary system saves macadamia farmers time and money
A new system for dehusking and sorting macadamias will provide better returns for growers, reduce their losses and improve the quality of the nuts.
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Australians oppose TV junk food ads, warm to GM foods
More than 75% of Australians support a ban on junk food advertising in children’s television, and almost 20% support a total ban, according to a poll by the Australian National University on attitudes to food security.
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Kellogg Australia reduces sodium levels ahead of schedule
Kellogg Australia has met its 2010 commitment to reduce sodium levels in its Corn Flakes and Rice Bubbles by 20 per cent.
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The problem with gluten is…
One in every hundred Australians are affected by Coeliac disease, but 75 per cent are undiagnosed, meaning that about 160,000 Australians have coeliac disease but don’t yet know it.
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Farmers to receive up to $15 000 for sustainable projects
A joint project between Landcare Australia and Woolworths will award up to $15 000 for individual farms or organisations to support projects improving water use, the carbon footprint of farming or nutrient management.
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Government’s encouragement of Chinese agricultural investment “a waste of taxpayers’ money”
The Wilderness Society has slammed the Federal Government’s plan to attract Chinese investment to agricultural development in northern Australia, labelling it a waste of taxpayers’ money.
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Australian meat exports contaminated: biggest export market at risk
A batch of mince contaminated with E.coli discovered in South Carolina may have come from Australia, amid revelations that up to 13 shipments of Australian meat has been rejected by the US in the past year.
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Ask and you shall receive – smart consultation leads to better scienc
Worldwide, and especially in Australia, much valuable science is being wasted or stalled through what is known as technology rejection – the public’s hostile reception of new technologies or scientific advice.
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Company behind deadly listeria outbreak files for bankruptcy
A US company linked to a listeria outbreak which infected 146 people and killed at least 30, has filed for bankruptcy.
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