Recently the Australian Health Survey: Usual Nutrient Intakes report was released jointly by the Australian bureau of Statistics and Food Standards Australia New Zealand. It is the largest survey of the dietary intake of the Australian population ever done. The survey was done by interviewing a group of more than 12000 people about what they

The world’s biggest food poisoning outbreak to date was a few years ago and centred on Germany. It was caused by an antibiotic resistant strain of E.coli. As the first cases appeared, the food that was in the firing line as the source was Lebanese Cucumbers. This resulted in massive loss of sales of this

For many years we have been told that we need to eat low fat dairy foods to help our health. However recent research shows that this may not be a good idea after all. A study done by Lund University in Sweden shows that eating high fat dairy foods may reduce the risk of type

This   information is provided here with permission from Food Standards Australia   New Zealand Please   find below information on a recent Australian consumer level food recall.   This information is also available on our website at http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/industry/foodrecalls/recalls/Pages/default.aspx Hotel Chocolat Milk Free Milk Goose   Egg David   Jones Pty Ltd has recalled ‘Hotel