The large, and growing, market share of ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables has been made possible by the development of invisible, colourless, odourless, tasteless, edible coatings. [ + ]

Anti-erasing ink can make it much harder for the unscrupulous to fraudulently alter coding on your products. [ + ]

Upgrading old powered roller technology to a modular belt design driven by a highly efficient drive package has reduced the downtime and running costs in a major NZ meat processing plant. [ + ]

Covert, low-cost, heat-resistant, edible silica microtags can serve as invisible barcodes which can be incorporated into the very fabric of a food or pharmaceutical. [ + ]

WNIFT&M spoke with Maria Said, President of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia, about the importance of allergen labelling, allergic consumers' attitudes to processed food and how processors can earn the trust of allergic consumers. [ + ]

Grapes can be graded for quality and be checked for foreign object contamination simultaneously using a new system under development in Germany. [ + ]

Most refrigerated trucks and delivery vans used to rely on diesel power to keep their cargoes at the desired temperature, but now silent, emmission-free fuels are being trialled as an alternative. [ + ]

The Epirez Supatuff FG (Food Grade) flooring product helped a Queensland food processing plant meet all its legal requirements for safety and hygiene. [ + ]

Not only are beverage consumers looking for new experiences, taste sensations and health promotion from their soft drinks and juices, on a global scale they are also simply wanting more. [ + ]

Food manufacturers need to be vigilant of rodent infestations to prevent reputation backlash and physical damage to their businesses. [ + ]

ALDI Australia has adopted CHEP's new-generation re-usable plastic crate. The Gen 3 crate was developed in consultation with the retailer and was launched at ALDI's Salisbury store in Brisbane. [ + ]

Although already impressively efficient, it appears that E. coli could still dramatically increase their replication rate. [ + ]

Researchers in the University of Guelph's Department of Food Science are developing heat-resistant chocolate. [ + ]

Introducing Ishida equipment has paid off for throat lozenge manufacturer Ricola AG, reducing product breakage during packaging, increasing throughput and minimising giveaway.

It is not news that more frequent binge drinking of any alcoholic beverage is strongly associated with an increase in adverse alcohol-related consequences such as blackouts, driving after heavy drinking, missing work due to drinking, accidents, unprotected sex, encounters with police. But new analysis has looked at the types of drinks chosen. [ + ]