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ACCC to Keep a Close Eye on Retail Competition
Oct 8, 2016Speaking at the AFR Retail Summit in Melbourne, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims stressed the importance of competition. “Competition is essential to our economic prosperity; it drives innovation and ...
Tags: ACCC, Retail Competition
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Arnott's Slices Into War with Unilever's Mint Slice Ice Cream
Jul 28, 2016Biscuit producer Arnott's has lodged Federal Court action against ice cream manufacturer Streets, owned by Unilever, in an attempt to block the sale of its mint slice ice cream. The two companies had previously engaged in deals to ...
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ACCC Takes Heinz to Court Over Nutritional Claims
Jun 23, 2016The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated legal proceedings against Heinz over nutritional claims made on its Little Kids Shredz infant food range. Little Shredz have been sold in major Australian ...
Tags: young children, Shreadz products
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ACCC Drags Heinz to Court Over Nutritional Claims on Toddler Products
Jun 23, 2016Australia's consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against H.J. Heinz Company, alleging that it made false and misleading representations in its advertisement for Little Kids Shredz products. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...
Tags: Shredz products, ACCC, sugar
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Different Food Industry Responses to Free Range Egg Farms Misleading Claim Fine
Apr 19, 2016Responses to last week’s Australian Federal Court’s decision to impose a $300, 000 penalty on Free Range Egg Farms (FREF) has attracted a strong reaction in food industry and food compliance circles. In a decision handed down ...
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Country of Origin Labelling Gets Final Green Light
Apr 5, 2016The new Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) for Australia's food packaging was given the final go-ahead by commonwealth, state and territory consumer affairs ministers this week. Each label will indicate the proportion of Australian ...
Tags: Country of Origin, CoOL, Green Light, Food packaging
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Food Label Information Under Threat With TPP Clauses
Mar 21, 2016Future food labelling and product safety laws could be scrapped if legal pressure from multinational companies increases as a result of clauses within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Consumer advocacy group Choice has ...
Tags: Food Label, TPP, Product safety laws
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Review To Bring Australian Consumer Law Up-To-Date
Mar 18, 2016The first ever review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) will test whether consumer protections will suit the modern market place says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims. Speaking today at the ...
Tags: ACL, ACCC, Consumer protection
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Cereal Offender: Uncle Tobys Joins ACCC's Naughty List
Dec 4, 2015Uncle Tobys has paid $32,400 in penalties relating to packaging claims about the protein content of its branded oats products. Cereal Partners Australia, the manufacturer and distributor of Uncle Tobys brand oats, is alleged to have made ...
Tags: Uncle Tobys, oats products, packaging
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Arnott’s Shapes Forced to Change Packaging and Fined $51, 000 for Misleading Fat Content Claim
Nov 26, 2015Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a marketing claim for its Shapes ...
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Federal Court Decision on Coles Bread Fine
Apr 14, 2015The decision by the Federal Court of Australia to order Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (Coles) to pay penalties of $2.5 million for making a claim that its par baked products were “fresh”, is likely to have broad ...
Tags: bakery products, bakery
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Australian Manufacturers Face Great Pressure of International Food Brands
Apr 8, 2015Removing parallel import restrictions would “promote competition and potentially lower prices for consumers”, according to one of the recommendations from the Harper Competition Review Final Report, released last week. ...
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Australian Made Campaign Welcomes Delay
Apr 8, 2015Australian Made Campaign welcomes delay and more consultation on Country of Origin labels The Australian Made Campaign has welcomed the Government’s decision to consult with stakeholders and undertake consumer research into its ...
Tags: Made Campaign, consumer demand, Agriculture
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Further Action to Prevent Raw Milk Consumption
Feb 3, 2015The Ministers who met last Friday at the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation have said they are “extremely concerned” about consumption of unpasteurised (raw) cow’s milk that is sold as ...
Tags: Raw Milk Consumption, Raw Milk
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EGG Producers Express Concerns About The Impact on Ditching Cage Eggs
Jan 15, 2015Supermarket dumping of cage eggs could result in egg shortages Egg producers have continued to express concerns about the impact on Australia’s egg industry of moves by supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths, and fast food chain ...
Tags: Cage Eggs, Supermarket, Agriculture