Coeliac Awareness Show 2023: CHANGES FOR READING GLUTEN FOOD LABELS

Food Standards Australia New Zealand is phasing in new Plain English Food Allergen Labelling Standards. Currently old and new labels sit side by side on supermarket shelves. Dietitian, Dr. Kim Faulkner-Hogg explains the old and new changes as they specifically relate to wheat and gluten declarations in Australian and New Zealand products. All new foods produced from February 2024 need to be fully compliant with these changes. But food labelled under the old standard in December 2023 can be on the shelves until February of 2026, when the change-over will be complete.

Dr. Kim Faulkner-Hogg

Dr. Kim Faulkner-Hogg

BSc, Grad Dip Nutr & Diet, Adv APD, PhD (USYD) Kim is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian with more than 25 years experience with coeliac disease and food intolerances. She has a Private Practice in Malabar. Her PhD looked at the outcomes of gluten minutia in those with coeliac disease. She has articles published in Scientific journals, GP magazines and she has co-authored several booklets for use with patients. Kim was part of the original working party defining the FSANZ low gluten and gluten-free food standards and was a consultant dietitian to Coeliac Australia for a number of years. An important focus for Kim is educating people about coeliac disease, intolerances, and the gluten-free diet. She lectures to the student dietitians and takes opportunities to address dietitians, other health professionals, the food industry and the public on these topics.

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