FSANZ tables mandatory iodine fortification (31-Aug-2006)
Government ministers have tabled compulsory iodine fortification of food following the re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Australia and NZ.
NZ bread manufacturers await folate mandate (3-Aug-2006)
NZ is edging closer to requiring food manufacturers to add the vitamin folate to bread to reduce birth defects, but the move has been criticised by manufacturers.
AIFST delegates get a taste of wellbeing (5-Jul-2006)
DELEGATES at the 39th Annual Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Incorporated (AIFST) Convention, which is being held July 9 – 12 at the Adelaide Convention Centre, will get to sample cuisine from the best selling CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet book.
Too much benzene (28-Jun-2006)
Trace benzene was found in more than half the beverage products tested in a recent Australian study, and at up to four times the WHO’s benchmark level, prompting Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to ask Australian beverage makers to review existing and newly formulated products.
Country of origin labelling not extended (9-May-2006)
The eighth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council elected not to extend country of origin labelling (CoOL) of packaged products containing two or less fruit and/or vegetables.