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Food Industry Group welcomes Danish Fat Tax Decision
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 6:05 pm | Food Industry Group
The decision by the Danish Government to rescind that country’s ‘fat tax’ is an enlightened one says Lindsay Mouat, Chairman of the Food Industry Group (FIG). More >>
Food industry welcomes focus on exercise and balanced diet
Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 9:24 am | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry Group (FIG) is encouraged by the Ministry of Health's latest "Food & Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Children". More >>
Food Industry Group Rejects Otago Study Claims
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 5:19 pm | Food Industry Group
“Simplicity is desirable but traffic light labelling is anything but.” So says Lindsay Mouat, Deputy Chairman of the Food Industry Group (FIG), in reply to a Otago University study being used to promote a front-of-pack ‘traffic light systems’ ... More >>
Food Industry Welcomes Australian Government Attitude
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 11:14 am | Food Industry Group
New Zealand’s Food Industry Group (FIG) welcomes the Australian Government’s intention to work with the food industry on a consistent approach to nutritional information on packaging, rather than impose “traffic light labelling” on manufacturers. More >>
Fat Tax Fails Common Sense Test
Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 3:17 pm | Food Industry Group
Denmark’s imposition of a ‘fat tax’ on important staple foods like butter, milk, cheese and meat is a backward step for balanced family diets, which would be unworkable in a New Zealand context, says Katherine Rich, Chair of the Food Industry ... More >>
Food Industry Slashes Advertising To Children
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 12:12 pm | Food Industry Group
Combined efforts by Food Industry Group (FIG) members have resulted in a dramatic reduction in TV advertising of food to New Zealand’s children over the last year. More >>
Report says ad bans & taxes fail to cut obesity
Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 9:26 am | Food Industry Group
Australian Government report dismisses ad bans & taxes as tools to reduce obesity Government interventions such as TV ad bans, food taxes and menu labelling are ineffective in reducing obesity, according to a new global study. Childhood Obesity: An Economic ... More >>
Advertising and television positive forces
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 3:14 pm | Food Industry Group
The launch of the new Children's Code for Advertising Food by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is another example of industry working with the public and health bodies to help address childhood obesity. More >>
Obesity Epidemic group hypocritical, anti-business
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 12:51 pm | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry Group (FIG) is shocked at the hypocrisy of FOE (Fight the Obesity Epidemic), a group claiming to be concerned about New Zealanders’ obesity levels. More >>
NZers Getting the Message on Being Overweight
Monday, 9 February 2009, 3:17 pm | Food Industry Group
Many New Zealanders who are concerned about their weight are taking actions to do something about it according to recent research of over 10,000 New Zealanders*. More >>
Obesity Results Encouraging
Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 10:55 am | Food Industry Group
The indication that the rate of increase in obesity is slowing in New Zealand was welcomed by the Executive Director of the Food Industry Group, Vicki Hamilton. More >>
Food Industry Tells Lobby Groups To Get It Right
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 4:37 pm | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry Group has taken exception to the continual slagging off of the food industry by some lobby groups around the obesity issue. The Group’s Executive Director Vicki Hamilton, who is also a nutritionist, says the Industry has become ... More >>
Food And Tobacco Are Not The Same
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 10:00 am | Food Industry Group
MPs were told today that trying to stop people from overeating by regulating the foods they eat is simplistic and erroneous. More >>
Information and moderation is the key – not tax
Friday, 11 April 2008, 9:57 am | Food Industry Group
A call over recent days for taxes on certain foods and drinks is not the way to solve the obesity crisis, according to a nutritionist working with the Food Industry. More >>
Obesity Report not in step with the times
Friday, 31 August 2007, 1:54 pm | Food Industry Group
While the Food Industry Group welcomes The Health Select Committee report into obesity it says many of the recommendations have and are already being dealt with by the Government and food industry. More >>
Food Industry Group Appoints New Exec Director
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 12:30 am | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry, comprising the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council, New Zealand Television Broadcasters Council representing all media, Communications Agencies Association of New Zealand and the Association of New Zealand Advertisers announces the appointment ... More >>
Food Industry Group Appoints New Exec Director
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 11:19 am | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry, comprising of the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council, New Zealand Television Broadcasters Council representing all media, Communications Agencies Association of New Zealand and the Association of New Zealand Advertisers announces the appointment ... More >>
Industry Group Welcomes Govt's Mission-on Campaign
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 4:26 pm | Food Industry Group
The New Zealand Food Industry Group (FIG) welcomes the Government’s package of measures to create healthier lifestyles for all New Zealanders, its Chairman, Jeremy Irwin said today. “The food industry, advertisers and media endorse the Government’s ... More >>
Group opposes Professor's nanny state approach
Monday, 14 August 2006, 4:13 pm | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry Accord is a world leading step in the battle against obesity says its chairman, Jeremy Irwin. He refutes allegations made today by a marketing professor from Massey University that self regulation is not working. More >>
Focus On Well-Founded Obesity Solutions
Saturday, 8 July 2006, 1:51 pm | Food Industry Group
The Food Industry Group says dubious claims made by the authors of a report into children’s television watching and obesity are not helping to resolve the obesity issue. More >>
