First you eat your lunch and then you eat the plate and cup. [ + ]

There will be 30 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices active by 2024 according to Statista, so lots of people are having to choose between two main methods of connecting new devices to the IoT — wired or wireless. [ + ]

Packaging generates brand identity and sets trends, and it is particularly significant in point-of-sale items like confectionery and snacks. [ + ]

Simple, scalable wireless system uses the RFID tags on billions of products to sense contamination. [ + ]

Modelling how earthworms don't have dirt stick to themselves, scientists have created a lubricated material that reduces friction in solid environments. [ + ]

In-store meal kit purchases are booming and giving food manufacturers opportunities for increased sales. [ + ]

With 35 kg of sugar/head/year being consumed, the sugar industry is thriving. Now, milling electrification is making the industry more energy efficient. [ + ]

Process waters from the seafood industry are currently treated as waste but they actually contain recoverable nutrients. [ + ]

Progress is being made on the development of a sensor platform that will be able to distinguish different strains of pathogens. [ + ]

Five died and hundreds were sick following the US's largest E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in a decade. [ + ]

Squid, octopus and cuttlefish could become an important food source, but they need some good preparation and PR. [ + ]

As the machine vision industry goes on to embrace autonomous machine vision, misconceptions remain. [ + ]

Listeria can be inactivated using electrical fields without needing drastic temperature increases. [ + ]

AUSPACK, Australia's largest bi-annual exhibition for the processing and packaging sectors, is coming to Melbourne in March next year. [ + ]

Near-infrared spectroscopy is at the heart of a Norweigan-developed SmartSensor that will give processors accurate process information on the line. [ + ]