Applications for the 2015 Drive Your Career program close on Friday, 8 May. [ + ]

Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos has appointed Mr Hasan Avci to head its strategy, commercial excellence and marketing functions in the Asia Pacific region. [ + ]

Setaram Instrumentation has announced that DKSH Australia is now its exclusive representative in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Submissions have opened for the eighth annual Queensland SCL Awards, presented by the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA). [ + ]

CHEP Australia recently came up with a way to encourage customer participation and help a great cause at the same time when it committed to making a donation to Foodbank, Australia's largest food relief organisation, on behalf of those who agreed to participate in a market insights initiative. [ + ]

Dematic will build a high-bay warehouse at The Smith's Snackfood Company's Regency Park manufacturing facility in Adelaide. The facility will support Smith's distribution network, which operates out of the Regency Park site.

Foodservice Australia 2015 will be showcasing the latest offerings in the food and hospitality industry from 31 May-2 June. [ + ]

Tightening legislation around nutritional claims has set back product activity in the digestive health segment, but despite these difficulties, digestive health claims continue to grow. In 2014, more than 3.2% of products launched carried digestive health claims, up from 2.7% in 2009. [ + ]

Policymakers in Europe are calling for action to restrict industrially produced trans fatty acids (TFAs) in the food chain. Currently, only three EU member states have passed legislation that restricts TFAs, but the WHO recommends that TFAs be virtually eliminated from the food supply. [ + ]

German company U-Boot Getränke has launched a new mixed drink, thanks to an innovative packaging concept from Greiner Packaging. [ + ]

As recently as five years ago, meat snacks were viewed as an unhealthy, male-oriented legacy category. Now, sales of meat snacks are booming, with growth of 20% annually for many countries between 2012 and 2014.

Recent research suggests that as many as two in five British consumers want to improve their bone health, presenting brands with an opportunity to help prevent or manage this growing health concern.

$11 million in grants is up for grabs for small exporters - but applications close soon. The government's Package to Assist Small Exporters provides funds to small exporters of dairy, meat, eggs, fish, horticulture and grain products to help them grow their industry. [ + ]

Creative Gourmet and Nanna's brand frozen berries will now be sourced from new farms and factories and will be subject to stricter microbiological testing than before, Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash said in a statement. [ + ]

If you were asked what Australia's largest horticultural export is, would you think of nuts? [ + ]