With average temperatures across Australia breaking year-on-year records, those in the foodservice industry are urged to do their due diligence and follow proper procedures for handling eggs. [ + ]

Making vanilla flavour synthetically creates a stream of wastewater that requires treatment before it can be released into surface waters. So researchers have developed an improved method to make vanillin, the primary flavour compound in vanilla. [ + ]

As consumers continue to seek convenient, affordable meal options that require little or no preparation, demand is in turn stimulated for a variety of packaging products. [ + ]

The 2017 National Restaurant Conference is set to inform and inspire hospitality professionals in Melbourne in May. [ + ]

Global stevia producer PureCircle has completed a $42 million expansion of its stevia plant in Malaysia. [ + ]

Food and beverage packaging specialist Huhtamaki will establish a greenfield paper cup manufacturing unit in Kiev, Ukraine, to serve its Easter European foodservice customers. [ + ]

Eating moderate amounts of vegetables each day has been linked with lower psychological stress, according to a University of Sydney study. [ + ]

A project to introduce nanotechnology-based antimicrobial packaging, in order to enhance food safety and reduce waste, has received €7.7 million in funding from the European Union. [ + ]

Inline sensor systems combined with cognitive control concepts will enable cleaning systems to identify dirt on machinery and institute cleaning. [ + ]

Australian pork producers have been warned they could face challenging times ahead, with productivity gains and consistently good herd feed conversion rates unable to offset the widening gap between feed costs in Australia compared to those of international competitors. [ + ]

Tetra Pak has acquired Johnson Industries International, a manufacturer of equipment to produce mozzarella cheese. [ + ]

The AIFST is holding a Toolbox Talk on 5 April to provide an overview of the FSANZ Compendium of Microbiological Criteria that was released in October 2016. [ + ]

Kefir launches grew more than threefold between 2011 and 2016, according to data from Innova Market Insights. [ + ]

10% of available food is wasted by overconsumption, and a further 9% of food is left to spoil, according to researchers who examined the key stages in the global food system. [ + ]

Furthering the uptake of high-pressure processing and establishing best practice procedures has provided the momentum to form the HPP Council in the US. [ + ]