Restaurant and hotel dining consultant company Baum + Whitemen has released its trend predictions for 2017 and it is favourable for the ready meal idustry. [ + ]

Intelligent packaging should provide more reliable information than just the expiry date printed on the packaging. It should monitor certain aspects of a food product (for example, shelf life) and report information to the consumer. [ + ]

Dehydration is influenced by many factors that occur during the freezing process. By understanding these factors, users can choose an optimal freezing technology that will reduce cost and increase productivity and quality. [ + ]

What will be happening in the area of filling beverages and liquid foods in 2017? [ + ]

I didn't realise that fish even have distinguishable personalities, but apparently they have and it impacts how well they go in aquaculture. [ + ]

What you get is frequently not what you think, with the mislabelling of seafood rampant across the globe. It has recently been estimated that nearly 30% of the seafood served in restaurants and sold in supermarkets has been 'mislabelled' as a result of fraud, human error or as a marketing ploy, and consumers are paying more for mislabelled seafood than for the real thing. [ + ]

Hepatitis A is the only common vaccine-preventable foodborne disease. Should foodservice workers be vaccinated to minimise the risks of them contaminating the foods they handle? [ + ]

Many food and beverage processors deal with dust on a daily basis and so it is imperative that they are cognisant of the devastating consequences that can result from dust explosions and can also select the most appropriate explosion protection solution for their application. [ + ]

With the need for more than 5 million labels each year, Australia's largest kosher meat supplier turned to insignia for an overprint solution that has reduced their label inventories and improved their time to market with new products. [ + ]

A number of successful trials using rotary screw vacuum pumps instead of rotary vane pumps in operating industry-standard rotary vacuum packaging machines is set to have a major impact on the meat processing industry. [ + ]

Your brand is your biggest asset. Protecting it from irreparable damage through exceptional supply chain controls is undoubtedly a given — or is it? [ + ]

Predictive maintenance extends the service life of production systems and components, supports reliable operation, increases productivity and improves cost-effectiveness. This is especially true for the moulds in the machines. [ + ]

Bored by superfoods, super hype, personalised medicine, special people…? Well I was — but now I am amused! All of this 'fluff' can be turned into money if you are clever enough to find a niche and use all the fancy words. [ + ]

Focusing on the pleasure of food makes people want smaller portions. While this sounds very contradictory it has proven to be so. [ + ]

An anti-corrosion system for geared motors that goes far beyond the effectiveness of surface coatings to deliver a true alternative to stainless steel at a much lower cost has been released in Australia. [ + ]