The Victorian Nationals and Liberals have introduced amendments to the State’s Livestock Management Amendment (Animal Activism) Bill 2021 today to fix problems in the draft legislation that will see farmer’s river frontage land excluded from protection by the laws…Read More
A prominent manufacturer of imitation meat has become one of the most shorted companies on the US stock market…Read More
Wading through decades of nutrition research led orthopedic surgeon Gary Fettke and his wife Belinda to discover how health concerns over meat consumption have been falsified by statistical manipulation, misinformation, and biased promotion, and underlined the propaganda war designed to create a fear of meat and drive its replacement with highly processed plant products. ..Read More
Australia’s current food labelling regulations would suggest it does…Read More
Email exchanges revealed through Freedom of Information searches have raised questions from senators about perceived conflicts in the CSIRO’s roles as an independent taxpayer funded research agency and an equity holder in a large commercial plant-based protein company…Read More
“Fake meat” manufacturers have told a senate inquiry they support clarity in labelling to prevent consumer confusion in the marketplace, but say they still need to use terms like beef, pork and chicken on their plant-product labels…Read More
Trespassers entering farms in the name of animal activism in Victoria will risk on-the-spot fines of $1272 under new legislation being introduced into the State’s Parliament today…Read More
It was another big day of hearings for the Senate Inquiry into the definitions of meat yesterday, as Senators Susan McDonald (Nationals) and Lloyd Whish-Wilson (Australian Greens) put in a marathon shift with questions to 18 industry groups and businesses across a full-day zoom session…Read More
The Red Meat Advisory Council has slammed a move by Impossible Food to rebrand its plant-based Impossible Burger to “Impossible Beef Made From Plants”, labelling it a disgraceful attempt to trade off the world-renowned brand and reputation of Australian beef…Read More
In further evidence of consumer confusion stemming from labelling standards across meat and non-meat categories, a Coles customer has claimed on Twitter that she was tricked into buying real chicken because it was placed on a shelf in between vegan products…Read More
