ACCC looks into Four Corners’ food claims

ACCC probes Aldi, Coles and Leggo after Four Corners claims

The country’s consumer watchdog has initiated inquiries into Aldi, Coles and Leggo after a Four Corners investigation by ABC News raised allegations that tomato products that are advertised as Australia-grown were actually sourced from China. The report came from a series of tests by forensic laboratory Source Certain, which examined 221 processed tomato brands over several months and found 22 per cent of them were not from the claimed country o…

ACCC looks into Four Corners’ food claims

The ACCC has initiated inquiries into the claims raised in the recent Four Corners program, in line with its usual practices regarding allegations about potentially material, misleading consumer conduct.  ACCC Commissioner Luke Woodward said: “It is important that consumers can be confident that any claims made on food labelling, packaging and in advertisements are truthful, accurate and not misleading. “We know that consumers may be guided by n…