Following provision of relevant up to date product nutrient data, HSRAC considered HSRAC agreed that this is an anomaly TAG as per the agreed definition, however, Some products categorised as a dairy modelling on additional product data is required in food (Category 2D) receive a lower potential Accepted: application order to fully consider this issue and 2016-5 8 Dec 16 HSR than nutritionally similar 14 Feb 17 solutions and is deemed an anomaly. potential solutions. HSRAC referred the products which fall into the agreed that submission to the Technical Advisory food category (Category 2). consultation Group as a priority issue for it to with dairy consider. manufacturers is required. A forum with the dairy industry is currently being organised. Submission, The treatment of sugar within the HSR including Calculator and star rating variation The beverages category (Category 1) suggested within a product category has previously does not provide enough solutions, to be been considered by the HSRAC which discrimination to distinguish between provided to the resolved that it did not represent an beverages with high and low/no Rejected: application Technical anomaly as per the agreed definition and 2017-1 5 May 17 levels of sugar. This means that the N/A is deemed not an Advisory that no modification to the star ratings applied to beverages do anomaly Group for HSR Calculator was required. However, not vary sufficiently to encourage consideration the HSRAC has acknowledged that the consumers to choose those products as part of the issue should be considered as a part of with no or lower levels of sugar. five year the five year review of the HSR system. review.
2016-5 8 Dec 16 Some products categorised as a dairy food (Category 2D) receive a lower HSR than nutritionally similar products which fall into the food category (Category 2). 14 Feb 17 Accepted: application is deemed an anomaly. HSRAC agreed that this is an anomaly as per the agreed definition, however, additional product data is required in order to fully consider this issue and potential solutions. HSRAC referred the submission to the Technical Advisory Group as a priority issue for it to consider. Following provision of relevant up to date product nutrient data, HSRAC considered TAG modelling on potential solutions and agreed that consultation with dairy manufacturers is required. A forum with the dairy industry is currently being organised. 2017-1 5 May 17 The beverages category (Category 1) does not provide enough discrimination to distinguish between beverages with high and low/no levels of sugar. This means that the star ratings applied to beverages do not vary sufficiently to encourage consumers to choose those products with no or lower levels of sugar. N/A Rejected: application is deemed not an anomaly The treatment of sugar within the HSR Calculator and star rating variation within a product category has previously been considered by the HSRAC which resolved that it did not represent an anomaly as per the agreed definition and that no modification to the HSR Calculator was required. However, the HSRAC has acknowledged that the issue should be considered as a part of the five year review of the HSR system. Submission, including suggested solutions, to be provided to the Technical Advisory Group for consideration as part of the five year review.