What food additives are allowed in Australia

I just came across an interesting post [http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/1...an-europeans/] [hope it's OK to post this - it's not a commercial link] - it explains that certain additives allowed in America are not allowed in Europe and companies re-make the same product for European sales. This made me wonder, what is allowed in Australia and what is the Australian government's rules on this - as explained in the article, additives ARE allowed in American food unless proven UNSAFE whereas in Europe additives are NOT allowed unless prove SAFE.

How does it work in Australia?

I recall reading that Aldi's has voluntarily removed all artificial colourings form its product range, but this was completely voluntary on their part.

I can't believe how much more aware I am of these things since having DS - or, to put it more accurately, how stupid I was about all of these things before. I've never been to Aldi (it wasn't convenient to where we used to live but there's one not that far from us now) - I'm definitely going to become an Aldi shopper.

Google additive alert. It is Australian and there should be a list of numbers to avoid on it. If you do a search on BB for it there is a great thread from a few years ago. The ethical shopping book has the numbers list too. You don't need to change where you shop just get used to reading the ingredients.

If you have an iPhone the chemical maze app is great! I'm always looking things up on there while I'm shopping.

Yet another reason to upgrade to an iPhone! I actually have that book (Chemical Maze) but always forget to bring it with me when I shop.