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bans on advertising food products during times when families are watching television together should not be imposed in australia because it’s a “family choice” issue, the australian food and grocery council (afgc) said today. the public health association of australia (phaa) has called for legislation to urgently stop the “ruthless way” young people are being exposed to adverts for high fat, sugar or salt foods.

unilever has refused to be drawn on fresh reports that it is looking to sell its findus frozen food business in italy. a report in the financial times said the consumer goods giant is planning to send out “an information memorandum” within the next two weeks. talk of a planned sale first emerged late last year but a spokesman for unilever’s business in italy declined to comment on what he termed as “rumours”.

uk politicians are demanding kraft foods’ future undertakings on cadbury are monitored closely after criticising the way the us food giant handled its takeover of the uk chocolate maker. in a report published yesterday (6 april), mps said kraft acted both “irresponsibly and unwisely” after suggesting it could keep open cadbury’s somerdale facility when it first went public with its interest in the business last autumn.

campbell soup company was recently honored by the food allergy and anaphylaxis network (faan) for its commitment to food allergy safety, awareness and education.at its annual patient conference in baltimore, md., faan recognized campbell with a special achievement award for introducing a new and innovative scanning technology in its plants to improve allergen labeling on its products. campbell helped develop the strategy for a vision system to scan product manufacturing codes and ensure that they match upc codes on the product labels.

in an industry first, the mars, incorporated’s petcare business has announced its commitment to using only sustainably sourced fish by 2020. set against a backdrop of dwindling global fish stocks, mars, which operates one of the world’s largest petcare businesses - has worked with world wildlife fund (wwf) to develop its fish sustainability commitment. the company aims to achieve the following milestones, across its entire petcare portfolio: * only using fish from 100% sustainable wild catch and sustainable aquaculture sources * replacing all wild catch whole fish and fish fillet with sustainable fish by-products and sustainable aquaculture.

sydney fish market pty ltd announced today that subject to the finalisation of a deed of agreement with the nsw government, a $40 million redevelopment of sydney fish market will take place in partnership with the government, over the next two years. “in short, i’m stoked!” said grahame turk, managing director of sydney fish market pty ltd. “this is great news for seafood lovers and tourists. the redevelopment will improve our visitors’ experience by providing increased access to the foreshore, improved seating and public amenities, multilevel undercover parking and additional retail and wholesale outlets”.

many people believe that eating well, particularly eating more fruit and vegetables can reduce their risk of cancer, or even help to cure it. a new study in the journal of the national cancer institute has looked at whether or not fruit and vegetables really are protective against cancers. the study found only a “weakly protective effect” against cancer. according to the cancer council australia, fruit and vegetables are high in nutrients that are potentially protective against cancer.

australian apple and pear growers are extremely concerned with the provisional final import risk analysis (ira) for apples from china. apal spokesperson on biosecurity issues and chairman of the fire blight task force, john corby said the concerns of australian apple and pear growers have been ignored in this process. “with three diseases in particular, oriental fruit moth, apple brown rot and european canker, the ira does not specify which provinces have an unacceptable risk, but rather recommends that china is responsible for advising biosecurity australia before an appropriate protocol is established.

the more food companies work with different levels of the food supply chain and network with external partners, the more innovative they are likely to be, a study of the danish food industry has found. related news spider and snake enzymes could deliver healthy food novozymes explores power and potential of enzymes in brewing the ability to deftly innovate can be a major factor in meeting changing market conditions and consumers’ fickle food demands – and thus retaining a sound balance sheet.

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