Ken Harvey presents a report from a recent workshop hosted by the pharmaceutical industry body for public input in their code of conduct review.
Read More Consumer input in Medicines Australia’s code of conduct review
CHOICE has met with officials from state and territory governments, along with key industry and health group representatives, to discuss the development of a single front-of-pack food labelling system.
Read More Governments and stakeholders turn attention to front-of-pack labelling
CFA Member CHOICE is calling for proposed rules that would restrict ‘fat free’ and ‘% fat free’ claims on food packaging to be extended to cover all claims about fat content.
Read More Big fat loophole for food claims
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a controversial, secretly negotiated, trade agreement designed to provide for stronger enforcement of intellectual property rights. But there has been no independent analysis of the impact of the treaty in Australia upon economics, human rights or health care.
Read More Opening Pandora’s box: secret treaty threatens human rights
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Button batteries found in remote controls and other household electronic devices are a severe and little known risk for young children, a joint campaign by Energizer, Kidsafe, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned.
Read More Button batteries: A little known risk
The Department of Health and Ageing has released the Proposals for Regulations and Rules (proposals paper) for the eHealth records program.
Read More eHealth proposals paper released
Dr Ken Harvey has been chosen as Choice’s consumer champion for his work on consumer rights and therapeutic goods, especially “complementary” medicines.
Read More Consumer champion’s long fight for better use of medicines
Consumer advocate Jenni Mack documents the highs and lows of 150 years of consumer activism, and considers where to next for consumer advocacy.
Read More 50 years of consumer rights – how far have we come?
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Community urged to take part in safety survey to help understand how and why Australians are using mobility scooters.
Read More Scooter safety in the spotlight
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, the Hon David Bradbury MP, has ordered a company to recall two teeth whitening products in order to protect consumers from unsafe peroxide levels.
Read More Compulsory recall of teeth whiteners
CHOICE uses Australia Day to call for better country-of-origin food labelling In the lead-up to Australia Day, CFA Member CHOICE is calling on politicians to act on the overwhelming desire of Australian consumers for better country-of-origin labelling on food for retail sale. The people’s watchdog says that consumers regularly identify country-of-origin labelling as a major concern,…
Read More Time to give Australian fare a Fair Go
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Mandatory safety standards are made for products that are likely to be especially hazardous. In making mandatory safety standards, the government protects consumers by specifying minimum requirements that products must meet before they are supplied
Read More Mandatory standards: protecting consumers
