Huon Aquaculture is set to receive $3.5 million in government funding to expand its Parramatta Creek factory in Tasmania. The expansion is expected to boost employment in the region, creating 90 ongoing jobs and an estimated 100 jobs during construction. [ + ]

The 2014 AIP/IGD Shelf-Friendly Packaging training courses, which were held across two states and four Woolworths sites, attracted more than 90 packaging technologists, engineers and designers. [ + ]

Deliberate fraud or mislabelling of seafood has become an increasingly important global food security issue, but InstantLabs and the University of Guelph have entered into an agreement to co-develop a portfolio of seafood species identification tests that will provide definitive proof that seafood is correctly labelled within two hours. [ + ]

Packaging for Chinese consumers needs to meet the needs of busier, smaller households, Canadean says. The one child policy has seen the average Chinese household shrink to 2.8 people, while the family structure has changed to a new '4-2-1 composition': four grandparents, two parents and one child. [ + ]

While pasteurisation may have revolutionised the food industry, certain microbes can survive pasteurisation. Sanjeev Anand, a South Dakota State University dairy science professor, is developing ways to combat these heat-resistant microorganisms. [ + ]

To combat food fraud, we need to identify which factors play a role in vulnerability of organisations and the food chain, according to Saskia van Ruth, the newly appointed Professor of Food Authenticity and Integrity at Wageningen University. [ + ]

Amcor Flexibles has won the Marketing & Design and Consumer Convenience categories in the Alufoil Trophy 2014. [ + ]

A new study into the make-up of GM foods could allay consumers' fears about the products, researchers say. Cornell University researchers found that the metabolic profile of GM tomatoes was the same as their non-GM counterparts. [ + ]

A single glass of champagne is generally thought to contain 15 million bubbles on average. But a French chemist has challenged this figure, suggesting that the mathematical formula used to arrive at this estimate has oversimplified the matter. [ + ]

Romaco Group has announced plans to sell its stake in FrymaKoruma to an umbrella corporation within the Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) group. [ + ]

USDA researchers have developed a way to pasteurise raw eggs in-shell using radiofrequency heating. The method takes 20 minutes and does not affect the eggs' taste, texture or colour. [ + ]

Australia's FTA with Japan will have positive implications for the Australian horticulture industry, with a range of fruit and vegetable commodities flagged for tariff elimination, AUSVEG says.  [ + ]

Connell Brothers Company (CBC) has been announced as Kalsec's channel partner for Australia. CBC will commence the role on 1 May 2014. [ + ]

Margins in Q2 are likely to be affected by avian influenza outbreaks in China, the weakening Asian economy and feed prices, which are up 10 to 15% on earlier expectations, according to Rabobank's Poultry Quarterly Q1. [ + ]

Australia's recently announced free trade agreement with Japan will mean significant gains for processed food exports, the AFGC says. [ + ]