1 May 2024

Call for health star rating to be mandatory

From Checkpoint, 5:29 pm on 1 May 2024

University of Auckland researchers say only 30 percent of products displayed a health star rating in the middle of last year. Health Coalition Aotearoa says making it mandatory is the bare minimum needed to combat diet-related poor health outcomes. It's food policy expert panel co-chair and one of the authors of the report Dr Sally Mackay joins us now.

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