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Australia sees fall in annual food consumption for first time: data

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STORY: Australia sees fall in annual food consumption for first time: data
SHOOTING TIME: April 17, 2024
DATELINE: April 19, 2024
LENGTH: 0:00:57
LOCATION: Canberra
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
2. various of a supermarket

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The total consumption of food by Australians has fallen for the first time on record.

According to figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australians purchased a total of 14.8 million tonnes of food and non-alcoholic beverages in the 12 months to the end of June 2023 - down 1.9 percent from 15.1 million tonnes in the previous 12 months.

It marks the first time the total apparent consumption of food and non-alcoholic beverages has declined since the ABS started measuring it in 2018-19.

Apparent consumption of every major food group fell, with vegetables recording the largest drop of 14 grams per person per day followed by fruit - down 12 grams - milk and non-alcoholic beverages.

"Each person had 186 grams of vegetables a day in 2022-23, down from 200 grams a day in 2021-22," Paul Atyeo, ABS health statistics spokesperson, said in a media release.

"We also went from eating 150 grams of fruit to 138 grams a day during 2022-23, while milk products fell from 278 to 267 grams."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Canberra.
(XHTV)

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