Tata Coffee Vietnam Company Limited, a subsidiary of Tata Coffee, recently unveiled its new freeze-dried instant coffee plant in Vietnam, which was built by GEA. [ + ]

Food recalls in Australia were up 45% in 2018, compared with 2017, and SAI Global suggests this could be due to poor training, poor controls and a lack of accountability. [ + ]

Food and agtech accelerator SparkLabs Cultiv8 has announced the seven start-ups in its 2019 cohort who will have access to up to $100,000 seed funding to accelerate their progress. [ + ]

Juremont has announced it will be the new distributor of Barry Callebaut's industrial chocolate products for food manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand from 1 September 2019. [ + ]

Preferences for types of chocolate, cacao percentages and added flavours vary widely among consumers, meaning it is key to provide choice, a report has revealed. [ + ]

To improve the efficiency of processing granular material in the food industry, it's important to understand the physical laws that govern their behaviour. [ + ]

FSANZ is calling for comment on an application to reduce the minimum protein requirement for milk-based follow-on formula from 0.45 to 0.38 g/100 kJ. [ + ]

Global experts in udder health from 25 countries recently gathered in Copenhagen to discuss how to reduce mastitis in dairy cattle and improve milk production. [ + ]

Biochemists have produced potato plants that are resistant to high temperatures by switching off a small RNA that blocks the formation of tubers. [ + ]

Researchers have found children are exposed to more junk food marketing on television in countries with self-regulation than those in unregulated countries. [ + ]

Chocolate mudslide and cinnamon bun were some of the latest ice-cream flavours competing at the Ice Cream Technology Conference in the US. [ + ]

Held on 17 July, the NSW technical seminar will discuss the future of soft plastics following concerns about current challenges directed at 'single-use plastic' packaging. [ + ]

Members of the International Food and Beverage Alliance have enhanced their commitment to WHO's goal of phasing out industrially produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023. [ + ]

The Packaging Forum has welcomed Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage's plans to improve plastic recycling efforts and reduce waste in New Zealand. [ + ]

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is seeking feedback from farmers on a proposal to increase the maximum biosecurity levy for cattle from $0.45/head to $2/head as part of the M. bovis response. [ + ]