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Paediatrics

Flavourings in South African baby food could pose health risk, finds new Stellies study

22 Oct 2025

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Nutrition

Fruit juices in South Africa are getting a free ride: why they should have the same health warning labels as fizzy drinks

Siphiwe Dlamini 21 Oct 2025

Retailers

Crack the code: Understanding — Use By, Sell By, and Best Before dates

12 Nov 2024

SMME Food Safety Compliance South Africa: A guide for SMMEs supplying to large retailers

Regulatory

SMME Food Safety Compliance South Africa: A guide for SMMEs supplying to large retailers

Phumi (PJ) Mhlongo 7 Oct 2024

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Consumer Law

Producers, advertisers, retailers beware - stricter regulations for pet food packaging on the cards

Ashleigh Blair, Bernadette Lötter and Kenan Petersen 13 Sep 2024

Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options

Packaging

Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options

Safura Abdool Karim, Makoma Bopape, Rina Swart and Tamryn Frank 16 Nov 2023

Public Health

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023

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Regulatory

SA consumers called to comment on draft food labelling regulations

24 May 2023

Campaign calls for warning labels on foods high in unhealthy ingredients

Regulatory

Campaign calls for warning labels on foods high in unhealthy ingredients

12 Sep 2022

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Regulatory

SA's heavy-handed response to plant-based food labels: 'meat-like' terms not allowed

24 Jun 2022

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Regulatory

Why South Africa should introduce mandatory labelling for fast foods

Siphiwe Dlamini 22 Mar 2022

Research

5 reasons South Africa isn't ready for health claims on food labels

Melvi Todd 11 Nov 2021

Regulatory

Russia ousts Champagne in favour of shampanskoye

Nicole Hayworth 13 Aug 2021

FMCG

'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal

Rodney Holcomb and Danielle Bellmer 28 Jul 2021

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Health & Social Welfare

Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits

Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021

Halaal certification and consumer trust

Regulatory

Halaal certification and consumer trust

Sameer Parker 2 Jun 2021

Noncommunicable diseases

Zambia must find a way to balance the economy and public health in tax policy

Mulenga Mary Mukanu 23 Apr 2021

Regulatory

SAB ordered to remove misleading labelling from Brutal Fruit products

15 Dec 2020

#OrchidsandOnions: Kreepy Krauly cleans up

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Kreepy Krauly cleans up

Brendan Seery 29 Sep 2020

Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Supply Chain

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

Cory Searcy and Pavel Castka 6 Aug 2020

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

FMCG

How South African food companies go about shaping public health policy in their favour

Gary Sacks, Eric Crosbie and Melissa Mialon 30 Jul 2020

FMCG

Process manufacturing in 2020: Sustainability and servitisation

Colin Elkins 19 Dec 2019

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

ESG

WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

28 Aug 2019

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

ESG

Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

Alison Stowell 21 Aug 2019

Guarding against greenwashing

ESG

Guarding against greenwashing

31 May 2019

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

FMCG

We tested baby food sugar levels in South Africa. This is what we found

Karen Hofman and Nicola Christofides 30 May 2019

How MSC's ecolabelling is tackling seafood fraud

Regulatory

How MSC's ecolabelling is tackling seafood fraud

25 Mar 2019

Organic, free-range, fairtrade or vegan: how ethical consumption got so selective

FMCG

Organic, free-range, fairtrade or vegan: how ethical consumption got so selective

Michal Carrington 8 Jan 2019

What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices

ESG

What's your beef? How 'carbon labels' can steer us towards environmentally friendly food choices

Adrian R. Camilleri, Dalia Patino-Echeverri and Ri 20 Dec 2018

SA's top retailers on improving access to fresh and healthy food

FMCG

SA's top retailers on improving access to fresh and healthy food

21 Nov 2018

Growing consumer awareness around sustainable seafood certification

Research

Growing consumer awareness around sustainable seafood certification

11 Oct 2018

Russia a major destination for SA fresh produce exports

Import/Export

Russia a major destination for SA fresh produce exports

20 Sep 2018

Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

Packaging

Sustainable packaging solutions needed to reduce food waste, scale up trade in Africa

13 Sep 2018

The risk of listeriosis lingers

Health & Safety

The risk of listeriosis lingers

Catia Folgore 17 Jul 2018

Why France banned meat names for vegetarian alternatives

Regulatory

Why France banned meat names for vegetarian alternatives

Malte B. Rödl 1 Jun 2018

Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat when it's available for sale?

Agribusiness

Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat when it's available for sale?

Hope Johnson 3 Apr 2018

Capetonians not too clued up about food and nutrition labels

Research

Capetonians not too clued up about food and nutrition labels

8 Feb 2018

FairPlay urges enquiry into unsafe labelling of chicken imports

Health & Safety

FairPlay urges enquiry into unsafe labelling of chicken imports

11 Dec 2017

Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

Agriculture

Separating myths from facts: Understanding food labels and innovation in food production

19 Oct 2017

Sell-by dates 'tempered with'

Regulatory

Sell-by dates 'tempered with'

Nico Gous 27 Sep 2017

Food labelling pact aims to cut food waste

ESG

Food labelling pact aims to cut food waste

21 Sep 2017

rBST-free labelling back on Woolworths milk products

FMCG

rBST-free labelling back on Woolworths milk products

13 Sep 2017

What comes first: the free-range chicken or the free-range egg

FMCG

What comes first: the free-range chicken or the free-range egg

Rachel A. Ankeny and Heather Bray 12 Sep 2017

Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain

FMCG

Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain

Lisa Jack 17 Aug 2017

Retrenched poultry workers top summit's agenda

Import/Export

Retrenched poultry workers top summit's agenda

7 Aug 2017

Samantha Ferguson and Nicole Reitz-Chidrawi from Flint & Tinder Events

Events & Conferencing

Top eventing trends for 2017: Smart tech, fabulous food, controlled costs and a return to nature

20 Apr 2017

Deceptive food labelling damages consumer trust

Regulatory

Deceptive food labelling damages consumer trust

Andre Westerveld 15 Mar 2017