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Australian farmers welcome trade deal with Indonesia
The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement has been backed by several industry players including AUSVEG. [ + ]
Use-by dates, shelf life and food waste
Conservative use-by dates are causing consumers to bin food, but shelf life extension techniques are helping to tackle the food waste problem. [ + ]
Smarter tech for safer food
Food safety has been a top priority for food manufacturers and consumers for many years, but in recent years, food safety recalls have been on the increase. [ + ]
Achieving your sustainability goals does not mean sacrificing profits
While it makes perfect sense to embrace sustainability and have it engrained into your business culture, the subject of sustainability is often met with concerns surrounding lost profits. But is there any truth to this concern? [ + ]
Cattle, canals and E. coli
The E. coli outbreak associated with romaine lettuce earlier this year may have been caused by a cattle feeding operation close to a canal, according to the FDA's hypothesis. [ + ]
Choosing the right primary packaging
More food technologists are looking to treat the cause, not the symptoms when designing food packaging. [ + ]
Eating crickets can improve gut health
Researchers found that consuming crickets is safe at high doses, can help support the growth of beneficial gut bacteria and may help reduce inflammation. [ + ]
Foodtech Packtech 2018
New materials, processes, equipment and technology from the world's top suppliers will all be on display at Foodtech Packtech in Auckland this September. [ + ]
Plate diameter and portion size perception
Overturning a long-held assumption, it seems that hungry people identify portion size accurately regardless of the size of the serving plate. [ + ]
Combining ISO 22000 with paperless inspection application
ISO has released the 2018 edition of the standard ISO 22000, which brings further clarification for food safety management systems worldwide. [ + ]
Dust control and spontaneously combusting tortilla chips
Dust explosions are a major risk in food plants with almost a quarter of all reported industrial dust explosions occuring in the food and beverage industry. [ + ]
Where does the buck stop?
Is the food industry really responsible for the obesity epidemic? [ + ]
Confused beetles and sex pheromones
Some stored product pests can lay 500 eggs in a week and live three years — controlling them is crucial. [ + ]
Which meals are equivalent to several days' worth of food?
The 2018 Xtreme Eating Awards 'awarded' the US restaurants serving the most unhealthy meals, particularly The Cheesecake Factory. [ + ]
Is nutrition labelling working?
Is nutrition labelling delivering what we want? A global perspective on where we are with nutrition labelling and where we want to go. [ + ]
