date:Jul 11, 2012
Health Claims Standard released in February, which recommended all health claims on food packaging would have to be pre-approved by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ).
A win for the industry
The AFGC then rejected the proposed standard in its entirety saying that fruit juice, canned fish and dairy health claims would be barred due to fat, sugar or salt levels exceeding mandatory thresholds and that it was a threat to healthy food innovation in the country at a time when jobs wer