For small- and mid-sized food manufacturers, one of the biggest challenges is how to start scaling up operations. Today there is an endless amount of information available but interpreting this and making the best choices for your business is not simple. [ + ]

The Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation is the leading mark of excellence internationally for packaging professionals, and two New Zealanders have just received this must-have recognition of industry proficiency and achievement. [ + ]

Creators of supply- or demand-side innovations that will ultimately impact people's food choices for the better are invited to participate in the LAUNCH Food challenge. [ + ]

It doesn't matter how fast you collect a food item from the floor — once it has hit the floor it may be too late as bacteria can contaminate instantaneously. [ + ]

Why do many older adults eat less than the recommended amount of protein? A Bournemouth University study is examining this problem. [ + ]

Wells Hygiene has developed a comprehensive, fully customisable 5S shadow board system to support hygiene management, colour coding and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) in the food and beverage industry. [ + ]

A low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet may be the most effective for stimulating a hormone with life-extending and obesity-fighting benefits. [ + ]

"What you don't know can't hurt you" works for many things — manufacturing is not one. This quick Q&A will help you decide if checkweighing is a 'nice to have' for your business, or a 'must have'. [ + ]

In the beverage sector, the packaging industry has to kill two birds with one stone. Firstly, consumers expect individually designed packages, if possible with supplementary functions. And secondly, increasingly eco-minded drinks consumers are showing a growing thirst for resource-conserving containers manufactured with environmentally compatible methods. The industry achieves this balancing act with new packaging strategies and efficient production equipment. [ + ]

On 1 July 2016 the new Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016 (the Standard) came into force. The Standard sets out new mandatory country of origin labelling requirements for food sold in Australia. [ + ]

A South Australian company that reformulates wine industry waste into value-add products is helping to drive Australia's booming craft spirits sector. [ + ]

Everything would be so much simpler in the food industry if food didn't go off. As it is, the perishability of food makes the storage and distribution so much more complicated. [ + ]

Ready meals are a quickly growing category. But they're not straightforward to inspect. [ + ]

As the trend towards 'better-for-you' products gains momentum, the demand for innovative processing technologies is delivering healthier snacks. [ + ]

Belgian researchers have found that yeasts used for beer and winemaking were domesticated in the 16th century, around 100 years before the discovery of microbes. [ + ]