Georgina Hey (AU)

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Global health trends impacting the regulation of food and beverage labels

By Georgina Hey (AU) and Isobel Taylor (AU) on February 3, 2017 Posted in FDA & Food Safety, International

As global rates of obesity and related diseases continue to rise, consumers around the world are becoming more health conscious, and are expecting their food products to reflect their desire for healthier options. A recent Nielsen Global Health and Wellness Survey found that, of the 30 000 people across 60 countries surveyed, 49% consider themselves … Continue reading

The debate over the appropriate use of ‘natural’ in food labelling continues…

By Georgina Hey (AU) on February 17, 2016 Posted in FDA & Food Safety

Food labelling has long been a vexed question in many countries for governments, consumers, food producers and retailers alike. In Australia, the regulation of food labelling was substantially overhauled by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Code in 2013, with the 3 year phase in period for these changes recently ending. The difficulty that … Continue reading