Ministers postpone decision on cutting health star rating for fresh fruit juice

Any change to the health star rating for fruit and vegetable juices is on hold with the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation delaying a final decision until February.

On Friday, fruit growers and federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud were furious at what Mr Littleproud described as a “mind-numbingly dumb” decision by the state ministers to press on with a plan to introduce health star ratings [HSR] based on sugar content.

Citrus Australia,…