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the fair work ombudsman and mcdonald’s australia have embarked on a new national initiative designed to ensure employee pay packets for mcdonald’s 85,000-strong national workforce are accurate. mcdonald’s, in collaboration with the fair work ombudsman, has set up a self-audit process to review about 8500 pay packets and correct any issues it may find, which the quick-service restaurant chain says is in line with its goal of being an employer of choice for young people, and operating its business ethically.

blueberries are one of the best-known ’superfoods’, with a high level of antioxidant chemicals. but are all blueberries equal? new research suggests that some of the less well known cousins of the commercial blueberry may be even better at scavenging free-radicals. the first analysis of the healthful antioxidant content of blueberries that grow wild in mexico, central and south america concludes that some of these fruits have even more healthful antioxidants than the blueberries — already renowned as “super fruits” — sold throughout the united states.

woolworths has recalled its own-brand 750g bags of almonds “due to the potential presence of salmonella”, effective immediately, in a product recall issued just before easter. bags of almonds with a best before date of 10/11/11 and 11/11/11 are being recalled, having been sold in woolworths, safeway and food for less supermarkets across australia between 15 and 21 april. exactly how many of the almond bags are affected has not been released, nor how the contamination was discovered, but customers have been warned not to eat the product and seek medical advice if concerned about their health.

the united states lists sodium on nutrition labels while salt is more common in the european union. salt and sodium are not the same, and a standardized term would only cause confusion. the united states delegation to next week’s codex committee on food labeling meeting has said it will push for sodium, rather than salt, to become the international labeling standard. but this is an unnecessary debate; if consumers understand a particular term in one country but not another, homogenized terms will only dilute existing public health messages.