Food, Health and Product Safety Archives - Page 44 of 46

29 March , 2012

eHealth proposals paper released

The Department of Health and Ageing has released the Proposals for Regulations and Rules (proposals paper) for the eHealth records program.

28 March , 2012

Consumer champion’s long fight for better use of medicines

Dr Ken Harvey has been chosen as Choice’s consumer champion for his work on consumer rights and therapeutic goods, especially “complementary” medicines.

17 March , 2012 1 comment

50 years of consumer rights – how far have we come?

Consumer advocate Jenni Mack documents the highs and lows of 150 years of consumer activism, and considers where to next for consumer advocacy.

5 March , 2012 0 comments

Scooter safety in the spotlight

Community urged to take part in safety survey to help understand how and why Australians are using mobility scooters.

7 February , 2012 0 comments

Compulsory recall of teeth whiteners

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.

25 January , 2012 0 comments

Time to give Australian fare a Fair Go

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,…

23 January , 2012 0 comments

Mandatory standards: protecting consumers

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

13 December , 2011 0 comments

CHOICE gives food labelling changes mixed review

CFA member CHOICE reviews the work of the Forum on Food Regulation’s response to the independent Review of Food Labelling. Half-baked they say!

10 December , 2011 0 comments

Junk food ads: Is industry self-regulation making a difference?

According to the communications regulators, ACMA, it is unclear whether industry initiatives have resulted in a real reduction in the level of children’s exposure to food and beverage advertising on free-to-air television, and there is continuing community concerns around food and beverage advertising to children.

9 December , 2011 1 comment

Ministers put better food labelling on the menu but proof in the pudding

CHOICE has welcomed the initial response of Health and Food Ministers to the report of the Food Labelling Review. Ministers have promised an alternative to the traffic light labelling system which all the evidence suggests helps consumers the most. It needs to work as well as traffic light labelling to gain consumer support.

6 December , 2011 0 comments

ACCC campaign for a safe summer

Every year, hundreds of Australians are seriously injured using items they believed to be safe, and some people die. With warmer weather people dig out products they have used for months, which may pose risk injury.

The ACCC’s online campaign seeks to ensure this summer is a safe one.

1 December , 2011 1 comment

Federal failure on front of pack food labelling

CFA member CHOICE says the Federal Government has failed to put the best interests of Australian consumers first on nutrition labelling, in its position released ahead of the 9 December meeting of food and health ministers. Almost a year since the report of the independent Food Labelling Review, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Catherine King, today…