Industry News
Open your mind to packaging innovations
Australian and New Zealand companies and individuals are encouraged to enter the 2019 Packaging Innovation & Design Awards. [ + ]
Flour dust goes to court — and loses
A UK bakery has been fined for exposing its staff to flour dust. [ + ]
How essential is shelf stacking?
Woolworths has just been told it can't have 5000 people stacking shelves on Christmas morning. [ + ]
Entries open for 2019 packaging scholarship
Packaging New Zealand's annual Scholarship program offers the opportunity to complete a Diploma in Packaging Technology to the value of $9000. [ + ]
Integrated digitalisation platform introduces Food Manufacture library
Version 1.3 of the gPROMS FormulatedProducts introduced the Food Manufacture library, which aims to tackle innovation and optimisation challenges in the food industry. [ + ]
Ishida designer awarded for multihead weigher
Toshiharu Kageyama, a mechanical engineer with Ishida R&D, developed an oval-shaped, 18-head multihead weigher that has resulted in him winning the Kyoto Inventors Award. [ + ]
Avoid lead in your spices
Spices purchased abroad may contain high levels of lead and pose a risk for lead exposure, according to an American study. [ + ]
Acrylamide-reducing yeast technology being commercialised
A non-GMO, clean-label, acrylamide-reducing yeast enzyme that is claimed to reduce acrylamide by 90% is becoming available. [ + ]
Pathogen detection in raw chicken
Conventional laboratory-based testing approaches of raw chicken are too slow and can no longer meet the demands of today's large-scale food production. [ + ]
Meat, dairy and egg demand to grow 70%
By 2050 it is anticipated that food demand will have risen by more than 50%, with even greater increases in demand for animal-based products. [ + ]
Nestlé to create research institute for sustainable packaging
The Nestlé Institute of Packaging Sciences will focus on the development of functional, safe and environmentally friendly packaging solutions. [ + ]
Milmeq to be split between Wiley and Mercer
Privately held New Zealand engineering company Milmeq will be split and sold in the coming months. [ + ]
Disaster resilience and securing food supplies
A resilient food system is needed in order to ensure all people have safe and reliable access to food following both acute and longer-term crises. [ + ]
NASA-backed food tech to improve food production
Technology originally developed for lunar space exploration may be able to provide on-demand heating for food and beverage manufacturers. [ + ]
$200,000 penalty for milking it
Former Murray Goulburn Co-operative MD Gary Helou has been ordered to pay $200,000 in penalties for his involvement in the 2015–16 farmgate milk price scandal. [ + ]
