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Farmers fume over fears juice rated same as soft drinks

Queensland fruit growers fear they will go out of business as a looming health rating shake-up could bring no-added sugar juice in line with some soft drinks. A review of the system proposes scrapping fresh juice s five-star rating to as low as two stars, because juice contains naturally occurring sugar. The move is expected to be another blow for already struggling Queenslander farmers, who grow 70 per cent of the fruit used in Australian juices. The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation, which Queensland ministers Yvette D Ath and Mark Furner sit on, will vote on the health rating on February 12.

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