Grant Tambling
This section of the web site contains media releases from October 1998 to December 1998 for Grant Tambling.
Date: 3/12/1999
Title: 200th meeting of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee
Description:
Senator Tambling addresses the 200th meeting of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee at Sydney University.
Date: 22/12/1998
Title: Important food information goes on-line
Description:
Senator Tambling launches the Australia New Zealand Food Authority's (ANZFA) Internet site www.anzfa.gov.au.
Date: 16/12/1998
Title: Agreement reached on future directions for complementary medicines
Description:
Senator Tambling announces that broad agreement has been reached on his '17 point plan' for the future regulation of the complementary medicines industry
Date: 7/12/1998
Title: Food Standards Review - Tanner misguided
Description:
Senator Tambling condemns the Opposition Consumer Affairs Spokesperson, Lindsay Tanner, for misleading consumers and industry about the current Food Standards Review.
Date: 2/12/1998
Title: Australian food gets all clear says report on pesticides and contaminants
Description:
Senator Tambling, announces that the results of the Australian Market Basket Survey 1996 reaffirms Australia's standing as a country with very low levels of pesticides and contaminants in food
Date: 2/12/1998
Title: Senator Tambling forshadows revised approach to complementary medicines regulation
Description:
Senator Tambling announces that the Government and the complementary healthcare industry are working closely together to implement a package of regulatory reform measures.
Date: 2/12/1998
Title: Launch of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority Australian Market Basket Survey
Description:
Senator Tambling launches the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) Australian Market Basket Survey at Parliament House, Canberra.
Date: 19/11/1998
Title: Folate health message--it's legal on food major milestone in public health history
Description:
Senator Tambling announces that for the first time in Australia's public health history, a range of foods can legally carry a health claim promoting the benefits of folate, a B vitamin, for women.
Date: 19/11/1998
Title: Speaking Notes for Senator the Hon Grant Tambling Folate/Neural Tube Defects Health Claim Event
Description:
Senator Tambling announces that for the first time, many of our foods will carry the very important health claim that a folate rich diet for women will help reduce the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida in babies.
Date: 18/11/1998
Title: Sydney launch of disposal program for unwanted medicines
Description:
Senator Tambling welcomes announcement that Sydney residents have access to a new program to dispose of unwanted and out-of-date medicines in an environmentally-friendly way.
Date: 17/11/1998
Title: Australians respond to wise use of medicines message
Description:
Senator Tambling announces that the success of the National Medicines Week indicates that Australians are committed to using their medicines wisely.
Date: 13/11/1998
Title: A dose of information helps the medicine go down
Description:
Senator Tambling speaks at the launch of the Internet site for the Commonwealth-funded medical journal Australian Prescriber, as part of National Medicines Week
Date: 13/11/1998
Title: Managing the medicines maze
Description:
Senator Tambling as part of National Medicines Week, launches the Australian Prescriber's internet site, making it one of the first medical journals in the world to provide its full text freely on the Internet.
Date: 11/11/1998
Title: Time to think food safety
Description:
Senator Tambling congratulates the Food Safety Campaign Group on its nationwide initiatives to help get the message on food safety out into the community
Date: 11/11/1998
Title: Medicines phone lines runs hot
Description:
Senator Tambling announces that the free medicines information phone-in service has proven a popular feature of National Medicines Week.
Date: 8/11/1998
Title: Senator Tambling launches the 1998 National Medicines Week
Description:
Senator Grant Tambling launches the 1998 National Medicines Week, highlighting the importance of the quality use of medicines
