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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.
Key points:
- Food Forum ministers will decide in February whether to take health stars off fruit juices
- Dietitians want more people to eat whole foods rather than drink juices
- Growers are concerned the forum has overlooked the nutritional benefits of no-added-sugar juices
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.
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