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The Greens are committed to strong regulatory measures to protect consumers from unsafe foods and consumer goods, ensure food labelling is honest and easily understandable, and encouraging ethical consumption choices such as energy efficient, organic, free range and fair trade products.

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John is campaigning in the following key areas of consumer protection policy:

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NSW Coalition fails to back action on heart disease

19 August 2010

The refusal of the NSW Coalition to support mandatory reductions in salt, fat and sugar content in fast foods and point-of-sale labelling is a bad sign for the future of the battle against obesity and heart disease in NSW, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Big food's greenwash won't save Orang-utans frompalm oil death

Big food's greenwash won't save Orang-utans frompalm oil death

12 July 2010

The peak body for Australia's food industry is trying to wash its hands of its role in the destruction of rainforest habitat of the endangered orang-utan, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Voluntary 'scores-on-doors' restaurant ratings will leave diners guessing

Voluntary 'scores-on-doors' restaurant ratings will leave diners guessing

30 June 2010

The Greens welcomed tomorrow's commencement of a trial of the scores-on-doors restaurant rating program, but have warned gaps in the program could leave diners in the dark about the quality of eateries across the state.

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Egg Corp should abandon push for free-range egg con

Egg Corp should abandon push for free-range egg con

28 June 2010

The Greens are calling on the Egg Corporation to abandon their push to introduce standards that would allow chickens kept in cramped and enclosed spaces to have their eggs labelled as 'free range'

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'Scores-on-doors' restaurant ratings will reduce food poisoning, eventually

04 April 2010

The Greens today welcomed the NSW government's move to a state-wide system for rating and displaying the hygiene standards of foodservice businesses, but warned that a voluntary scheme would take longer to deliver health benefits.

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Woolworths palm oil greenwash will not stop orang-utan destruction

01 April 2010

Supermarket chain Woolworths is hiding the link between its products containing palm oil and the destruction of endangered orang-utans habitat and widespread human rights abuses, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Feature: NSW Govt pushed DIY safety checks for controversial roof insulation

11 March 2010

The NSW government passed the buck on household safety under the Federal government’s failed roof insulation program. The NSW Office of Fair Trading’s website recommended a DIY risk assessment plan that put unqualified homeowners in charge of managing the potential fire and electrocution dangers.

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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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Queensland beating NSW in race to safer restaurants

20 February 2010

NSW Food Minister Steve Whan failing to provide diners with world-leading 'scores on doors' protection from food poisoning, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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NSW govt sacrifices food safety for elderly and sick

18 January 2010

The NSW government has handed the policing of food safety in aged-care facilities and other high risk food suppliers to private auditors. The health and safety of some of the state's most vulnerable people are being sacrificed to market ideology and pressure from food businesses, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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