The following is a media release from the Food Safety Information Council and is included here with permission. EASTER EGGS – RAW AND RISKY With time for brunch and entertaining not all eggs consumed during the Easter break will be foil wrapped so many of us will have to lift our egg handling skills to …
Continue reading ...The following are from media releases from Food Standards Australia new Zealand (FSANZ) and are included here with permission. FSANZ consultation paper proposes new approach to regulation of nutritive substances and novel foods (26 March 2012) Food Standards Australian New Zealand (FSANZ) today released a consultation paper on a proposed new approach to regulating nutritive …
Continue reading ...The following are two of the current Recalls, the information has been provided by Food Standards Australia New Zealand and is included here with permission. Fantastic Snacks (unpleasant odour and stale taste) Fantastic Snacks has recalled Fantastic Noodles Chicken Flavoured and Beef Flavoured nationally from Coles, IGA and other independent supermarkets due to reports of …
Continue reading ...There are many people who object to genetic modification, but a form of this research, and potential product, is looking to helping those in our community that are allergic to eggs. An allergy to eggs does not only impact on the food these people can eat but also on whether they can be given vaccines. …
Continue reading ...2012 is the Year of the Farmer, so the recently named 13th Australian Grand Dairy Awards (AGDA) has extra significance. There are 19 categories and the Champions of each of those are then judged to determine the Grand Champion Cheese product and Grand Champion Dairy product. Ian Halliday, the Managing Director of Dairy Australia commented, …
Continue reading ...For a while now, there has been a lot of work on improving, or even eliminating, the bar code system for foods. While scanning of packaged food products in supermarkets is now the method used to process customer orders, it was only 15 or so years ago that there were no scanners. There are still …
Continue reading ...The following is a media release from Food Standards Australia New Zealand and is included here with permission. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today called for submissions on an application for a processing aid to reduce the risk of the food poisoning bacteria Listeria. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer, Steve McCutcheon, said Micreos B.V (previously …
Continue reading ...A case is in front of the Federal Court currently that should send a warning to all food businesses with food labelling. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has the responsibility for monitoring compliance to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (or what was the Trade Practice Act 1974). The court case has been …
Continue reading ...The following information is included here with permission from Food Standards Australia new Zealand. Please find below information on a recent Australian consumer level food recall. This information is also available on our website at www.foodstandards.gov.au Vitaco Health Australia has recalled all flavours of Healtheries Kidscare Rice Wheels and Healtheries Wiggles Ricey Bites Cheese flavour …
Continue reading ...The Name and Shame List from the NSW Food Authority has more than 100 food businesses that have been non compliant in pest control. This has prompted the Authority to a concentrated focus on pest control and infestation in it’s current inspections. It is also requesting that local councils adopt the same focus to reduce …
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