Danfoss Power Electronics and Micromax Specialists in Automation have signed an agreement that will see Micromax become the preferred sales channel in Sydney and Melbourne for Danfoss variable speed drives. [ + ]

The Yili Oceania Production Base has been officially opened in Waimate, South Island. It will reportedly be the world's largest integrated dairy production base. [ + ]

Organic food isn't just a trend any more - consumption of organic food, cosmetics and household products has hit an all-time high, according to the latest biennial Australian Organic industry report. [ + ]

Australian dairy producers and manufacturers will benefit from tariff reductions for liquid milk thanks to the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. [ + ]

Freedom Foods has signed an MoU with Chinese company New Hope Group to develop a long-term milk supply through large-scale, Australian dairy farms that will supply Freedom's UHT operations and potential fresh milk processing operations. [ + ]

Submissions are now open for the seventh annual APPMA scholarship program. Presented in conjunction with the AIP, the program gives a packaging engineer the opportunity to complete a Diploma in Packaging Technology. [ + ]

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has welcomed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a win for Australia's agriculture, food, fishery and forestry sectors. [ + ]

Import conditions for Fijian ginger will soon be reviewed by the Department of Agriculture. The review was recommended in a document published in January 2013, and had originally been scheduled to take place twelve months after the commencement of trade. [ + ]

Cheap electronic circuits printed with eco-friendly materials could take the guesswork out of knowing whether milk is actually out of date or whether it has a day or two left - no smelling required. [ + ]

Fruit juice is losing favour with Australians, with more than 1.5 million fewer Australians drinking packaged fruit juice each week than in 2010, new data from Roy Morgan Research shows. [ + ]

Australia's beef, dairy and wine producers need to consider whether they are well positioned to take their place on the world stage as premium providers to the Chinese market, says Grant Thornton National Head of Food & Beverage Tony Pititto. [ + ]

Nestlé has unveiled the final stage of the expansion of its Smithtown factory on the NSW mid-north coast, which includes new facilities to house state-of-the-art technology that is rumoured to be the first of its kind in Australia. [ + ]

'Chicken juice' is the key to understanding the persistence of Campylobacter in food processing environments, a new study from the Institute of Food Research has shown. [ + ]

Gluten-free claims will no longer be permitted on alcohol products once the nutrition and health claims standard becomes mandatory in 2016. However, FSANZ has put forward a proposal that seeks to ensure that gluten-free claims can still be used on alcohol products. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is urging the egg industry to review its free-range claims after a free-range egg producer was fined $300,000 for falsely labelling its eggs as 'free range'. [ + ]