New South Wales has unveiled new regulations in state abattoirs to ensure the wellbeing and welfare of animals.
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Are Coles and Woollies bullying the major TV networks too?
While everyone in the Australian food manufacturing industry is aware of the bullying behaviour of the major supermarkets, it seems they are also now impacting Australian TV networks, which are declining to screen ads criticising Coles and Woolworths’ stake in pokie machines, but refusing to say why.
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Undeclared “meat glue” used in countless American products
First it was “pink slime” horrifying consumers in the US, now it’s emerged that millions of Americans are also consuming “meat glue” each week.
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Visy accused of using Hell’s Angels for debt collections
Packaging company Visy has labelled reports that it uses Hells Angels bikie gang members as debt collectors as “nonsense.”
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Coles and Woollies not entirely to blame for supermarket wars, Dick Smith tells Inquiry
Dick Smith has warned against forcing the break-up of Coles and Woolworths, saying it would only further damage the food sector.
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Dick Smith fronts Senate Inquiry into food industry
Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith will front the Senate Inquiry into the food processing industry and supermarket dominance today.
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Supermarket price wars are killing drivers: transport union
The supermarket price wars are claiming more victims than just food manufacturing facilities, with accusations from the Transport Workers Union (TWU) that the pressure is forcing truck drivers to drive unsafely, leading to road deaths.
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Victorian Shire wants CSG banned on agricultural land
A Victorian food region west of Melbourne has joined the list of shires and towns arguing against coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and development.
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Advertising in bottle shops encourages youth binge drinking
Point-of-sale alcohol advertising is creating a generation of binge drinkers, according to new research.
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Calls for public register of foreign investment in Australian farming land
The peak farming representative group is calling for more transparency on the investments made in Australia by foreign investors.
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More Australian pigs “born free”
Almost 18 months after pork producers agreed to ban steel pens, a third of pregnant sows are no longer confined to the small stalls.
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1800kg coffee stolen
Thieves in Austria have made off with over 1800 kilograms of coffee worth more than $AU70 000.
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Govt should support creation of more abattoirs: Greens
A proposed abattoir in Darwin which would crate almost 300 jobs has been backed by Australia’s largest cattle company and the Australian Greens party.
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Steggles defends “free to roam” claims still on products
Steggles chickens are still being advertised as “free to roam” despite the consumer watchdog labelling such claims by the company as misleading and deceptive last year.
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