Australia is recognised as having the highest level of skin cancers in the world. It is not a first place we can be proud of. It would tend to indicate that, as a nation, we spend a lot of time in the sun. However there is strong evidence now emerging that Australians are becoming more

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), is the body which represents the major food companies in this country, and has just made a submission to the Federal Treasury for consideration in the 2012 Budget. The AFGC has long been trying to encourage the Federal Government to implement a Supermarket Ombudsman as a major way

The following is from a media release from Food Standards Australia New Zealand and is included with permission. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today called for submissions on a draft nutrition, health and related claims Standard. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said the proposed new standard would regulate voluntary statements made by manufacturers

Plasma is a term we are all becoming more familiar with, as a large percentage of us now have plasma TVs. Most of us know of three states of matter; solid liquid and gas. Plasma is the fourth state, and is a high energy, charged mixture of gaseous atoms, ions and electrons. It occurs when