If South African consumers were educated on how to read and understand the information on food labels, they may be more willing and capable of making healthier food choices.
The governments’s proposed new labelling system doesn’t allow for clear statements about where food comes from if it’s not Australian.
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The new country-of-origin labels are supposed to change a confusing system that led to public outrage about hepatitis infections from frozen berries earlier this year. They fall considerably short.
The health star rating food labelling system is failing consumers.
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Rather than informing consumer choice, Australia’s year-old health star food rating system is failing customers, and allowing food manufacturers to give an aura of health to junk foods.