Australian interest in traffic lights revived
The debate over whether or not to apply traffic light labelling on food sold in Australia and New Zealand has been revived by the Australian consumer advocacy, Choice.
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Supermarkets should front up or shut up over profiteering
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley has told supermarkets to provide evidence that they are not profiteering, as her party’s research has revealed.
New Zealand meat standards “outrageous”
New Zealand regulators’ continued refusal to require meat to be labelled according to its country of origin has been called outrageous by Green Party MP, Sue Kedgley.
Greens and food producers at odds over palm oil labelling
The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council, representing New Zealand food processors, has warned that a food labelling amendment currently under debate in the Australian Federal Parliament may be a potential breach of treaty obligations to New Zealand.
Sue Kedgley lodges Commerce Commission complaint over ‘meat glue’
The Commerce Commission needs to investigate scraps of meat being glued together with ‘meat glue’ and then being sold as prime cuts of meat, Green Party consumer affairs spokesperson Sue Kedgley said on Friday.
Cruel treatment to hens is the price of ‘affordable’ eggs
Proposed changes to the poultry code of welfare announced yesterday could force a 100% increase in the price of eggs, according to the Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC).
NZFGC positive about Green proposal
The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (FGC) has made a positive initial response to a proposed standards regime for supermarkets.
Greens propose supermarket code of practice
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley has launched a private members bill that will establish a supermarket code of practice overseen by an ombudsman.
Pigs get a better break from Government; in five years
The Government has announced the revised Animal Welfare Regulations for pig farmers, banning the use of sow crates by 2016.
Agriculture Minister needs to show leadership over animal welfare
The Minister of Agriculture, Hon. David Carter, has declared the Government’s intention to oppose Green Party member Sue Kedgley’s Animal Welfare Amendment (Treatment of Animals) Bill, which was introduced to Parliament on Monday.
Whose food is it anyway?
The call by the Green Party for an inquiry into food retailing and farming in New Zealand is the smartest food initiative to come from a political party in this country since Heck was a pup. The only disaster greater than the industrialisation of food production in this country has been the industrialisation of food retailing.
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