Choice (Chippendale, Australia) articles

Recent articles from Choice (Chippendale, Australia)

Food labelling laws under threat.(Comment)
June 1, 2009... Australian consumers have been waiting 16 years for a vital food labelling standard that will help protect them against misleading and unsubstantiated health claims made by food companies. Unfortunately, we have to wait a while longer, as the Food Regulation Ministerial Council has announced...

Slap on the wrist for Westpac: the banking giant responds to ASIC's concerns about its potentially deceptive marketing of the Westpac Choice account.(ADVERTISING)
June 1, 2009... ASIC will also conduct a 'health check' of the term-deposit market. Westpac has come under the spotlight as the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) adds resources to its monitoring of advertising of banking products. ASIC raised concerns with the bank that...

Free ride for pesticides: McDonald's is taking action to cut the levels of pesticide residues in its fries--but only in the us, not Australia.(PESTICIDES IN FOOD)
June 1, 2009... Kicked into action by some major corporate shareholders, the McDonald's Corporation in the US has agreed to carry out a survey of pesticide use by its American potato growers. The fast-food giant has also agreed to promote best practice in pesticide use so as to reduce the levels of pesticide...

Protect against genetic discrimination: know where to complain if you're refused insurance for the wrong reasons.(INSURANCE)
June 1, 2009... Most people who felt discriminated against by a life insurance company because of a genetic test result didn't know where to take their complaint. That's one of the findings of a recently published verification study. The collaborative study, part of the Genetic Discrimination Project funded...

Shelf time proves risky: green tea has long been prized for its antioxidants, but new research suggests even short-term storage drastically reduces its health benefits.(TEA ANTIOXIDANTS)
June 1, 2009... Just six months in the pantry could be enough to destroy nearly 90% of antioxidants in some tea, according to a recent US study, The finding follows growing evidence that antioxidants--particularly a class of compounds called catechins--in tea have health benefits. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...