Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today announced new requirements for allergen labelling on packaged foods. The changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) will help ensure mandatory food allergen declarations are clear and consistent so that consumers have the information they...
Front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPL) of packaged foods can promote healthier diets. Australia and New Zealand (NZ) adopted the voluntary Health Star Rating (HSR) scheme in 2014. We studied the impact of voluntary adoption of HSR on food reformulation relative to unlabelled foods and examined differential...
The Policy Guideline provides strategic guidance to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) about the Forum’s expectations on food labelling to support consumers to make informed healthy choices in relation to the recommendations in the Australian and New Zealand Dietary Guidelines. These include ensuring information...
Sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels were effective in dissuading consumers from choosing them, a systematic review and meta analysis has found. Graphics with health effect labels showed the largest impact. Read Review ...
As a primary source of added sugars, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption contributes to obesity. This study systematically synthesizes the scientific evidence regarding the impact of sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels on consumer behaviors and intentions. Read Review ...
This research study examined whether symbols on university food outlet menus identifying healthier options would increase their sales; and consumer’s awareness of these symbols, purchasing factors and barriers to eating healthy foods.It concluded identifying healthier options with a symbol at the point of purchase increased...
Alcohol Healthwatch has prepared a fact sheet to accompany the results from the Tier 1 statistics (prevalence of past-year drinking and hazardous drinking)....
This new fact sheet provides information on energy in common alcoholic drinks in the absence of energy labelling. It includes a graphic of kilojoules in alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and foods with data sourced from the New Zealand Food Composition Database. The intended audience is...
The recommendations contained in the Review Report are designed to address some of the key criticisms of the current system. The key recommendations from the report are that: the HSR system continue as a voluntary system with the addition of some specific industry uptake targets...
Choice in Australia is the equivalent to Consumer NZ. Choice have a report which makes the case for added sugar labelling. The report shows that clearer sugar labelling will help individuals avoid 25 teaspoon's of unnecessary sugar each day which adds up to over 38...
