Food labelling changes overlook wholegrains.. Go Grains By Trish Griffiths, Accredited Practising Dietitian; Executive Manager, Go Grains Health and Nutrition Ltd Consumer interest in wholegrains is gaining momentum in Australia - a trend that could reap benefits for grain growers - but this may be short-lived if proposed changes to food labelling legislation go ahead... Even through there is some scientific support that regular consumption of wholegrain foods is associated with protection from diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has overlooked this in the development of the draft Standard for Nutrition, Health and Related Claims, making no provision for claims about wholegrains...
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Go Grains Health & Nutrition (GGHN) is a strong growing organisation based on industry collaboration and shared responsibility for promoting consumption of Australian grains... The GRDC investment in GGHN be evaluated in the context of the 'public good' intangible benefits it delivers to its members and the broader grains industry supply chain (rather than by direct benefits to growers)... Recent reports include: Grains Report (September 2007) Grains, Legumes and diabetes (April 2008) Grains and bowel health (June 2008) 11. Relevance of GGHN to government..
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Go Grains Health & Nutrition (Go Grains) is the leading Australian authority on grain foods nutrition... Developing relationships with journalists in order to position Go Grains as the leading source of media information about grains, legumes and health.. The media partnership program was designed to capitalise on existing relationships with journalists and publications, and leverage new associations developed via the Nutrition Column and Grassroots Recipe programs...
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