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Recently updated fact sheets 
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Acrylamide in foods (October 2012)
Addition of vitamins and minerals to food (June 2012)
Additives (December 2012)
Advice on brown seaweed for pregnant women; breastfeeding women and children (June 2011)
Advisory statements (July 2012)
Alcoholic - Health advisory labels on alcoholic beverages (September 2011)
Allergies - Food allergies (March 2013)
Allergen review (May 2011)
Allergen Collaboration (May 2012)
Almonds - Questions and answers about recent recalls of almonds contaminated with Salmonella
Antibiotics in the food supply (August 2011)
Arsenic (January 2013)
Aspartame (January 2013)
B
Bamboo Cassava and bamboo shoots (October 2011)
Bisphenol A (BPA) (April 2012)
Benzene in flavoured beverages (April 2013)
Bonsoy - Reformulated Bonsoy soy milk without kombu seaweed to return to shelves (April 2010)
BSE- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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Caffeine (August 2011)
Canned foods: purchasing and storage (October 2008)
Canola oil (September 2012)
Carbendazim in orange juice (August 2012)
Cassava and bamboo shoots (October 2011)
Chicken - Raw Chicken Meat Microbiological Survey – summary of results (November 2011)
Chemicals in food packaging (May 2012)
Cloned animals (December 2011)
Codex (November 2012)
Coffee: Consumer warning on coffee products containing drugs (July 2011)
Colours - Food colours (June 2012)
Cooking poultry liver dishes safely (April 2012)
Country of Origin labelling (July 2012)
Chemicals in food - maximum residue limits (February 2012)
D
Dairy Standards
Dioxins (February 2012)
E
F
Fats - Choosing healthier fats and oils (December 2010)
Fish labelling (September 2011)
Fluoride in bottled water (November 2011)
Folic acid - Mandatory folic acid fortification (December 2012)
Folic acid - Monitoring of folic acid fortification (March 2012)
Food colours - (June 2012)
Food for special medical purposes (August 2012)
Food irradiation (April 2013)
Food poisoning (September 2012)
Food safety - Who is responsible for food safety in Australia? (March 2013)
Food safety during fires, floods and power cuts (January 2013)
Food safety factsheets
Food Standards Code - a guide for consumers
Food traceability - information for food businesses(September 2012)
Fortification - Adding vitamins and minerals to food (June 2012)
G
Genetically modifed (GM) foods
GM foods - Response to Séralini paper on the long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize (December 2012)
H
Hemp as a food (January 2013)
Health claims - Nutrition and health related claims (January 2013)
Hormonal growth promotants in beef (March 2011)
Horse meat substitution in Europe (February 2013)
I
Ingredient lists and percentage labelling (July 2012)
Intense sweeteners (March 2011)
Iodine fortification (September 2012)
Iodine sensitivities (September 2012)
Iodine in food (September 2012)
Isomaltulose (December 2011)
Imported food - Food imported into Australia
Irradiation (April 2013)
J
Japan - Safety of food from Japan (September 2012)
K
L
Labelling (July 2012)
Labels - Health advisory labels on alcoholic beverages (September 2011)
Laboratory - Good Laboratory Practice (February 2012)
Listeria and food - (July 2012)
Liver - Cooking poultry liver dishes safely (April 2012)
M
Malachite green in aquacultured fish (December 2005)
Meat Pies (June 2011)
Meat: Horse meat substitution in Europe (February 2013)
Melamine (June 2012)
Milk (Raw) Standard
Milk (May 2012)
Milk - Plant-based milk alternatives (May 2012)
Mercury in Fish (September 2011)
Monitoring of inorganic arsenic and iodine in seaweed (January 2013)
Monitoring of folic acid fortification (March 2012)
MRL's - Chemicals in food - maximum residue limits (February 2012)
MSG in food (May 2012)
N
Nanotechnology and Food (December 2011)
Nitrates and nitrites (November 2011)
Nutrition, health and related claims (January 2013)
Nutrition information panels (July 2012)
O
Orange juice - Carbendazim in orange juice (January 2012)P
Paterson's Curse/Salvation Jane honey (October 2011)
Palm oil (January 2013)
Pine nuts (October 2012)
Plant Sterols (also known as Phytosterols) (November 2011)
Plant-based milk alternatives (May 2012)
Poultry - Cooking poultry liver dishes safely (April 2012)
Pregnancy and healthy eating (October 2011)
Primary Production and Processing Standards
Q
Quorn (mycoprotein) (December 2011)
R
Response to Séralini paper on the long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize (October 2012)
S
Seaweed: Advice on brown seaweed for pregnant women; breastfeeding women and children (June 2011)
Seed Sprouts Standard
Séralini - Response to Séralini paper on the long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize (October 2012)
Sodium and salt (August 2011)
Sodium - How much sodium and salt are we eating (August 2011)
Sports foods (February 2012)
Sulphites (January 2012)
T
Tagatose - Information about tagatose for individuals with disorders in fructose metabolism (April 2012)
Traceability - Food traceability - information for food businesses (September 2012)
Trans fatty acids (December 2010)
Truth in labelling (July 2012)
U
Use by and best before dates (July 2012)
V
W
Wine - Bottled wine labelled with a vintage date of 2002 or earlier (February 2012)
Wholegrain (November 2011)
Who is responsible for food safety in Australia? (March 2013)