Melanie Voevodin

The governments’s proposed new labelling system doesn’t allow for clear statements about where food comes from if it’s not Australian. Cascadian Farm/Flickr

July 22, 2015

Government’s proposed country‑of‑origin labels leave you to guess where your food comes from

Melanie Voevodin, Monash University

The new country-of-origin labels are supposed to change a confusing system that led to public outrage about hepatitis infections from frozen berries earlier this year. They fall considerably short.

Unclear and sometimes misleading country-of-origin labelling in Australia is a source of confusion for consumers. Diego Sevilla Ruiz/Flickr

February 26, 2015

For safety’s sake, make food labels say what companies already know

Melanie Voevodin, Monash University

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called on two ministers to prepare a cabinet submission about country-of-origin food labelling despite initial reluctance about change.

The case raises important issues about the consistency of regulations that apply across the food-medicine interface. Chuck Grimmett

May 21, 2013

Regulations around food‑medicine products fail to protect consumers

Ken Harvey, La Trobe University and Melanie Voevodin, Monash University

It seems there’s no end to the production line of so-called “therapeutic” products promoted to trusting consumers by companies willing to make untested claims. The latest is Souvenaid®, a product promoted…

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Government’s proposed country‑of‑origin labels leave you to guess where your food comes from

For safety’s sake, make food labels say what companies already know

Regulations around food‑medicine products fail to protect consumers

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