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.
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NZ bread manufacturers await folate mandate
TRANS-TASMAN food ministers asked Food Standards Australia New Zealand in 2004 to investigate mandatory fortification of a range of foods with folate as a possible way to reduce neural tube defects, including spina bifida.
Industry bodies expressed concern about the choice of bread-making flour as the vehicle for mandatory fortification of food with folate.
AFGC CEO Dick Wells said the food and beverage industry understands the public health issue, and supports the policy principles for food fortification.
“It is unfortunate that FSANZ has chosen to recommend bread-making flour as the product to be compulsorily fortified, particularly when there are other food products that would be better suited to delivering folate to the target population.”
Rules governing folate in flour must consider consumer choice and be labelled as such, to avoid the risk of a vitamin B12 deficiency, which can be masked by folate.
The NZ Green Party said organic flour must be exempt from the mandatory folate fortification and the substance be added at the bakery rather than the mill, so that consumers retain a choice.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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