AUSPACK 2017 will feature a strong focus on processing machinery, with an inaugural Processing Day to be held on Wednesday 8 March, and an impressive list of companies already signed up to exhibit. [ + ]

A Norwegian diet intervention study contests the validity of the diet hypothesis that dietary fat, and particularly saturated fat, is unhealthy for most people. [ + ]

MLA research has identified three-dimensional printing technology for red meat products as a significant opportunity for the Australian meat industry. [ + ]

McCormick has released its annual flavour forecast for 2017, predicting the emerging flavours that will find their way into restaurants, retail shelves and kitchen cabinets. [ + ]

Over 170 people from packaging and logistics industry groups spent their Christmas party packing hampers for those in need. [ + ]

A peptide produced by enzyme digestion of proteins in the water wasted during processing of sweet potatoes has been found to have a slimming effect in mice. [ + ]

Researchers have designed a process to obtain sweeteners like mannitol or ribitol from widely available, renewable, cheap products like glucose or arabinose. [ + ]

A frozen meal range targeted at 'junior foodies' has arrived in Australian supermarkets. [ + ]

Gebo Cermex has received the official mark 'Vitrine Industrie du Future', awarded by the Alliance Industrie Du Futur (AIF) in recognition of its efforts to introduce, develop and implement Industry 4.0 initiatives at its plant in Saint Laurent sur Sèvre, France. [ + ]

Federal Court rules that Woolworths behaviour towards its suppliers wasn't unconscionable. [ + ]

Germany is leading the way in PET bottle recycling, according to a study which has found PET bottles are recycled at a total of about 93.5%, while one-way deposit PET bottles have reached 97.9%. [ + ]

MUN Australia has received certification by HACCP Australia for its GloveOn range of nitrile, latex and vinyl disposable gloves. [ + ]

North America's Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies has released its 2016 Brand Protection and Product Traceability Market Research report, which predicts that counterfeiting will increase 3% per year worldwide. [ + ]

Bosch Packaging Technology has announced a change in its leadership, with Dr Stefan König to succeed Friedbert Klefenz as president on 1 January 2017. [ + ]

KION Group CEO Gordon Riske believes the acquisition of Dematic adds potential for further growth, with the creation of a company whose products and services encompass the entire supply chain. [ + ]