https://www.bizcommunity.com/430/307.html Australasia Regulatory news 15 Regulatory news - Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/430/307.html en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:48:42 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/237115.html For most cheese lovers, taste is the thing. Whether it's a tangy blue stilton or a creamy oozing camembert, the most important element is the eating. But cheese has profound political and economic properties too, with implications for international trade deals and commerce. 1-237115 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/232398.html In a move sure to upset chocoholics everywhere, discount supermarket Lidl was recently told to destroy its stocks of chocolate bunnies. The cull was ordered by a Swiss court that decided Lidl's bunny was too close to confectioner Lindt's iconic chocolate rabbit. 1-232398 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 07:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/162/221415.html Ultra-processed foods might not be a familiar term to many people. But it is an emerging, and increasingly dominant type of food in the world. They are foods typically created through a "series of industrial techniques and processes". 1-221415 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/399/221263.html James Sampson runs a tech repair shop in suburban Washington D.C. - fixing wayward phones and lagging laptops - and sees his tiny store as one part of a brave, new consumer rights revolution that can protect the planet, too. 1-221263 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/742/217383.html The European Union recently added rooibos (red bush) tea to its register of products with a protected designation of origin. The iconic tea is the first African product to receive such status in the EU, and the 40th from a non-EU country. 1-217383 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/217147.html Discarded single-use plastic shopping bags (SUPBs) are a growing environmental menace. Dubbed the 'white flower' in South Africa, the negative effects of SUPBs include reducing the aesthetic value of landscapes, clogging waterways, depleting petroleum reserves through their production, and endangering marine life through entanglement and ingestion. 1-217147 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/399/215253.html Fashionscapes: A Living Wage is a new short film that aims to help end poverty wages in the fashion industry. Released on 24 April 2021, on the 8th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, the documentary combines the voices of garment workers on the ground with top legal professionals who are working together to argue for the first-ever EU legislation to ensure garment workers receive a living wage. 1-215253 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/14/16/126707.html SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: An Australian court on Tuesday ordered six internet service providers to release the details of customers who shared the Hollywood film "Dallas Buyers Club" online in a ruling that could set a precedent for crackdowns on online piracy. 1-126707 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 07:53:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/154/23/121919.html WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Internet mogul Kim Dotcom, accused of pocketing more than $175m from pirated copies of movies and other material, claimed on Wednesday he was broke and facing jail in New Zealand. 1-121919 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/14/78/84375.html SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Complaints about mobile phones to Australia's telecoms watchdog jumped 9% in a year, accounting for two-thirds of all gripes received due to growing smartphone use, a study said on Monday. 1-84375 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Australasia