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Food Manufacturing Industry Guide to Safety 2016/17 released

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The 2016/17 Food Manufacturing Industry Guide to Safety is now available. The guide has been created by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), Australian Food Microbiology and Pro-Visual Publishing....

Australia’s “South Asian groceries” do badly on contamination, SBS report

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Prompted by listener concerns, SBS Radio’s Punjabi program commissioned laboratory testing of those imported foods being sold predominantly by South Asian grocers in Australia. Most alarming was the...

FSANZ releases plain language allergen labelling report

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has today released its Plain English Allergen Labelling report with a number of recommendations for change made. The report was written after FSANZ completed...

Information overload – are new food label laws too complex?

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After ten years in development, a new Standard for Nutrition, Health and Related Claims will become law January next year.  Standard 1.2.7 of the Food Standards Code will regulate nutrition content claims,...

Innovative path to “clean label” and best solutions for solving problems

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The first “clean labelling” workshops run by FoodLegal in Sydney and Melbourne were a major success. Tickets still remain for the final Sydney and Brisbane events.   Attendees say that the workshop...

The differences in Australian and American food culture: Opinion

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Jan Davis is a contributor to Australian Food News. I’ve just returned from several weeks travelling across the United States. It is fabulous to be home – and to appreciate just how lucky we are in...

FSANZ considers proposed delay to higher dietary fibre requirements

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FSANZ considers proposed delay to higher dietary fibre requirements Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on draft food regulatory measures it has prepared after assessing...

Government berry havoc as Barnaby’s Agriculture department responsible for testing inadequacies

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Government berry havoc as Barnaby’s Agriculture department responsible for testing inadequacies The Australian Department of Agriculture has attempted to shift its responsibilities concerning the health...

USDA proposes new measure to reduce food poisoning from poultry products

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USDA proposes new measure to reduce food poisoning from poultry products The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed new federal standards to reduce...

Food and therapeutic goods interface, TGA tries to provide ‘guidance’

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Food and therapeutic goods interface, TGA tries to provide ‘guidance’ Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (the TGA) has released late last week a guidance tool in an attempt to clarify the...