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Food Standards Australian New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. These include nutritive substances, novel foods and minor meats.
The decision of Californian state authorities to change food safety regulations to focus on consumer information is likely to change the food safety environment completely. If other public health authorities follow California’s lead, decisions on food additives will be decided by consumers, not food producers.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a draft nutrition, health and related claims Standard.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has called for comments on its discussion paper on folic acid addition to bread.
The US Food and Drug Administration recently announced two new regulations that will help ensure the safety and security of foods in the United States. The rules are the first to be issued by the FDA under the new authorities granted the agency by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama in January. Both rules will take effect July 3, 2011.
When Mike King decided to check out for himself the extent of suffering pigs undergo by sneaking into a Levin pig farm and filming the event for television, it cost him by stalling his career as an advertising endorsement and event speaker. Amongst those who cancelled a contract with him was a national supermarket chain, but for the pigs it was worth it, and the message the public has sent to everybody in the food business is to tread carefully with their morals.
The attempt initiated by the Maori Party to have GST removed from healthy foods failed to pass through Parliament today. The bill, sponsored by Rahui Katene, lost its first vote by 64 votes to 56, with National, Act and United Future voting against, and only Labour supporting the bill.
The Institute of Grocery Distribution and IGD Services (IGD) has published a provocative article by its chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch claiming that water is the key factor in the international food industry’s future. The risk of what she calls a “Water Crunch” impacting dramatically on world food supplies is greater than anything seen so far in the dynamics of natural resource usage.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has announced an emergency meeting of food sector leaders for 24th September. The call comes as global commodity prices soar in the wake of poor harvests across the Northern Hemisphere which are driving inflationary trends that match those of 2008 when the world was last in a food supply crisis.
The British consumer advocacy group, Which? has referred a number of incidents to UK food standards agencies with claims that food processors are acting “irresponsibly” over labelling guidance.
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has issued guidance on standards for labelling infant foods containing colostrum. The guidance states that any product containing less than 100% colostrum cannot be labelled in any way to indicate that it is pure colostrum.
Is it possible that New Zealanders may have resumed a moderated cannibalism, with human genes having been found in pork sausage in the United States? The US and Canada are major sources of imported pork in New Zealand, and there are no barriers to transgenic pork ending up in locally sold pork, ham and bacon.
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