A mother haunted by the fatal allergic reaction of her nine-year-old daughter has started an online petition calling for changes to Australia’s allergen labelling laws.
Australian strawberry growers, injured by the needle crisis, are getting back on their feet. In part, this is due to the positive response from supermarkets.
Drought is expected to cut eastern Australia’s crop production this year to less than half the average over the past 20 years, with New South Wales to be worst hit, the country’s agricultural commodities forecaster said on Friday.
Caution is being urged about the findings of a French study that found those who ate more organic produce, dairy, meat and other products had 25 percent fewer cancer diagnoses over all, especially lymphoma and breast cancer.
Calls are growing louder for clearer food allergen labelling in Australia, following two high-profile deaths in Europe linked to international sandwich chain Pret a Manger.
Woolworths Group has launched a A$30m ($21.3m) Woolworths Organic Growth Fund to help Australian farmers meet the growing customer demand for organic fruit and vegetables.
“A lead investigator is coordinating the ongoing QPS investigation with the support of a number of officers attached to the Drug and Serious Crime Group within State Crime Command,” the QPS said in a statement.
There is no reliable labelling system protecting consumers with food allergy from anaphylaxis, say Australian medical experts calling for government intervention on food labelling to help save lives.
News the diva of dumplings is gracing this year’s Taste of Tasmania confirms Hobart’s annual New Year-period food and wine festival is transformed from being a dag to a darling of Australia’s food scene.
Coles says it is receiving a steady stream of applications from dairy farmers for a share of its contentious 10 cents a litre drought levy on the retailer’s three-litre house brand milk sales.
After a week of verbally savaging supermarkets over their milk pricing tactics and drought publicity “stunts”, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud, has flagged major milk market reforms are in the wind in a bid to bring the powerful retailers to heel.
