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FSANZ Calls for Submissions on Chemical Migration From Food Packaging
Jun 21, 2016Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
Tags: chemical migration, ESBO
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FoodLegal Symposium Is Vital for Food Product Developers and Innovators
Mar 30, 2016In food product development, ingredients and marketing are two of the key drivers. You may know what you want, but you also need to know what you don’t want! You don’t want any restrictions on marketing choices or product ...
Tags: Food Product, Foodlegal Symposium
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FSANZ Looking to Change Infant Formula Food Standards Requirements
Feb 29, 2016Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking comments on its proposed approach to revising infant formula requirements in the Food Standards Code. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Mr Steve McCutcheon said although breastfeeding is ...
Tags: Infant Formula, Food Standards
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Customers Ditch Lilydale After Discovering Chickens Are Fed GM Feed
Feb 18, 2016A group of consumers is pledging never to buy Lilydale free-range chickens again after finding out the chickens are fed genetically modified (GM) feed. The issue arose by complaints on social media followed by a response by Lilydale on ...
Tags: Free-range chickens, non-GM food
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Bellamy’s Expands to Meet Infant Formula Demand with Fonterra Partnership
Dec 3, 2015Publicly-listed organic infant food producer Bellamy’s has entered into a multi-million dollar agreement with dairy producer Fonterra. The strategic agreement has been made for five years and Fonterra Oceania Managing Director ...
Tags: cheese, whey, nutritionals
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The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation Met in Hobart
Jul 7, 2015The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) met in Hobart today and considered a range of food regulation matters. The Forum comprises all Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for food ...
Tags: food regulation, food safety
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Elvis Isn't Alive and Barcodes Hide Country of Origin
Apr 3, 2015Barcodes look mysterious. And every now and then an urban myth grows and develops about one or other of their numbers and/or stripes. The most enduring is that barcodes hold insider information about a product’s country of origin. ...
Tags: Elvis, GS1 Barcodes, Packaging
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Food Law and Policy Development
Apr 2, 2015It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
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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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Dairy Australia Made a Submission to FSANZ
Jan 13, 2015Dairy Australia has made a submission to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), urging the regulator to allow milk products in Australia and New Zealand to carry health claims for replenishment of the body following intense or ...
Tags: Dairy Products, Agriculture
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FSANZ Releases Approved Version of Latest Revision of The Food Standards Code
Dec 18, 2014On 16 December 2014, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) released its approved version of the latest revision of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Food Standards Code). The new Food Standards Code requires only the ...
Tags: Food Standards Code, Agriculture
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Debate Around Raw Milk Continues Mountain View Farm Recalled Organic Bath Milk Product
Dec 16, 2014The debate around raw milk continues after dairy company Mountain View Farm recalled its Organic Bath Milk product. The recall came after the product was implicated in the death of a three-year-old child, who had consumed it. ACCC to ...
Tags: milk recall, Food Science, Agriculture
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FSANZ to Learn More About How The Migration of Chemicals From Packaging Into Food
Nov 13, 2014FSANZ has released a consultation paper seeking further information on the management of the migration of chemicals from packaging into food. “Food packaging has many benefits - it allows food to be transported, prevents ...
Tags: Chemical Migration, Packaging
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FSANZ Has Announced a Call for Submissions on a Proposal
Jul 23, 2014The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has announced a call for submissions on a proposal, which if approved, would include requirements to allow for the safe production of a wider range of raw milk products. The Food Standards ...
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Omar Cheese Has Recalled 'Village Paneer' and 'Indya Paneer' From Indian Specialty Shops
Jul 23, 2014Omar Cheese has recalled ‘Village Paneer’ and ‘Indya Paneer’ from Indian specialty shops in Victoria, Australia, due to Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). The ...
Tags: Omar Cheese, Listeria, Food