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Food Labelling

Nutrition LabelFood labelling in Australia is woefully inadequate and this results in consumers purchasing products that they would not choose to buy if a thorough compulsory labelling system existed.

The Greens are campaigning for a comprehensive mandatory labelling regime to establish truth in labelling of food products to protect consumers. For example, some common food products that people would assume were vegetarian or vegan may contain animal products. This was revealed in The “Label to Liable” report released by voiceless in May 2007 http://www.voiceless.org.au/ Some emulsifiers in bread, natural flavours added to baked beans and potato chips, gelatine used in beer and some wine production, and some confectionary are foods that contain animal products without proper labelling of these contents.

Other areas of food labelling that are inadequate include, organic foods, and whether or not anti-biotics have been used in the production of food such as farmed seafood.

 

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Food labelling review must put consumers first

06 March 2010

Consumers are being mislead and treated as lab rats by food labelling regulation that are weak and biased towards maintaining industry profits, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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New laws needed to stop misleading 'free range' labels

New laws needed to stop misleading 'free range' labels

09 November 2009

Consumers are being hoodwinked by misleading claims about the treatment of hens and pigs by a lack of regulation surrounding food labelling, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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NSW kids let down by weak food laws

NSW kids let down by weak food laws

13 September 2009

Australia's food ministers have abandoned young people by refusing to introduce European-standard labelling regulations and eliminate dangerous and unnecessary additives, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Free range egg consumers taken for a ride

Free range egg consumers taken for a ride

06 September 2009

Analysis of Egg Corporation data indicates that as many as one in six eggs sold as free range were laid by a caged or barn hen, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Weak food origin labelling laws pose danger to public health

14 July 2009

Independent South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon is right in claiming that lax food labelling laws allow manufacturers to hide the country of origin of ingredients, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Food code fails to protect consumers from ancient canned foods

20 June 2009

Inaction by the nation's food ministers has left consumers and retailers without warnings of many canned goods that are out of date, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Supermarket chain ban on food colours shames govt inaction

Supermarket chain ban on food colours shames govt inaction

11 June 2009

Moves by supermarket chain Aldi to ban six bright artificial food colours highlights the failure of the Australia's food regulation ministers to protect young people's health, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Households threatened by lack of safeguards on chemicals

Households threatened by lack of safeguards on chemicals

11 May 2009

Chemicals banned in Europe and the USA are allowed into NSW homes by an inadequate regulatory system, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Choice report shows traffic light labelling needs green light

Choice report shows traffic light labelling needs green light

29 April 2009

A report issued by the consumer organisation Choice shows the urgent need for traffic light style labelling to be introduced in NSW, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Rees government backs food industry over trans fat health risk

Rees government backs food industry over trans fat health risk

05 March 2009

The Rees government is creating a public health risk by backing the food industry and voting against a bill that would ban the use of artificial trans fatty acids in the state’s foods, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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