Consultation on National Food Plan
The Australian government hopes the national food plan will set policies for the long term.
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Food, Health and Product Safety
Consumers want ACCC to reject free range plan
3,101 consumers have signed an open letter to the ACCC to urge them to reject Egg-Corp’s free range plan.
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Improved sunscreen standard
The revised sunscreen standard will ensure a much better sunscreen product is on the shelves.
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Big changes for consumers on 1 July
CHOICE’s guide to understanding new financial reforms: credit cards, health insurance, bank switching and more.
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Nanotechnology – consumers and standards
Standards play an important role in ensuring the potential of nanotechnology is realised safely.
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Support Choice’s campaign for truth in marketing for free range eggs
The Egg Corporation proposes future chickens have 13 times less space than now!
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Beware toxic chemicals in imported clothing
CHOICE says Australia lags behind overseas regulation.
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Private health insurance far from healthy
The ACCC has highlighted competition and transparency issues in the Private Health Insurance industry.
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2013 FSANZ Board Nominations
CFA has been invited to make nominations for membership of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Board.
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Consumers reject egg corp’s free-range farce
A new survey by CHOICE has revealed less than 1% of respondents think the egg industry’s proposed free-range egg standard meets their expectations of what free range means.
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Regulatory reform for therapeutic goods
The Government’s response to a series of recent reviews of the regulatory framework for therapeutic goods will deliver some much-needed reform.
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New standards could make you choose between the chicken and egg
Proposed new accreditation standards for free-range eggs aim to drastically increase the density of laying birds, but guidance for consumers remains unaddressed.
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