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Health star labels move closer to being mandatory. But food companies could still (legally) game the system

  • Written by: Alexandra Jones, Program Lead, Food Governance, George Institute for Global Health
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On Thursday, Australian and New Zealand food ministers at state, federal and national levels met to thrash out what’s next for health star ratings on packaged foods.

Now, after the food industry made slow progress in meeting the target to roll out health stars to more products voluntarily, ministers are tightening...

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