Eighty years ago, Hormel Foods introduced a simple, canned meat product called Spam. It would go on to become one of the greatest marketing success stories of all time.
Arguing about the pros and cons of fat in our diet takes the focus away from the real nutritional demon: processed foods.
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.