Food recalls can be seen two ways – as a positive that the food safety system is working and that products that don’t comply can be traced and withdrawn, or as a negative in that regular recalls are an indication the company has a weakness in their system. Needing to...
The common retail bar code is surrounded by mystery for many new users. They often complain at the difficulty they have finding out who to ask and where to go to get the barcodes they have been told they need. A web search on “barcodes” can throw up thousands of...
The Australian Food and Grocery Industry Code of Conduct (The Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Food and Grocery) Regulation 2015), is a legally enforceable, voluntary prescribed code under the Australian Competition and Consumer Act. Signatories to the code...
Stuff recently published a story entitled ‘Milking it: NZ’s milk price: Who’s getting rich?’ It reported that milk prices were “astoundingly high,” citing that the price for a litre of fresh milk in Germany was the equivalent of $1.51 compared to $2.37 in...
Cost Recovery Implementation Statement: Development of food regulatory measures 2018-19 issued by Food Standards Australia New Zealand on 5 July 2018, to Food Standards Australia New Zealand Submission document
Submission on the Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill: Interim Report of the Primary Production Committee, to Primary Production Select Committee, Parliament House. Submission
