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But for those who are not familiar what a Health Star rating System is, Michael Moore of Public Health Association Australia shares the importance of the system. Understand the quirky habits of ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Health Star Ratings (HSR) were introduced a decade ago as a front-of-pack labelling system to give consumers an indication of a product’s ...

Rather than informing consumer choice, Australia’s year-old health star food rating system is failing customers, and allowing food manufacturers to give an aura of health to junk foods.

Public health groups are calling for the mandatory display of Health Star Ratings on all products, with food manufacturers accused of being “highly selective” about which items carry it.

Critics have called out a food rating system parents used on 40 per cent of products stocked in major Australian supermarkets. The Health Star Rating was created in 2014 by Australian and New ...