Fonterra Australia is favoured to win a contract to process Woolworths' own brand milk in Victoria for the next 10 years. The contract represents a significant milestone: Woolworths' previous contracts were for a period of one year only. [ + ]

Dreaming of a career in dairy? Five of the world’s brightest and most driven university graduates will be given the chance to specialise in the dairy industry through The Alltech Dairy Career Development Program. [ + ]

With more than half of the Indonesian population under 29, manufacturers should be looking to attract younger consumers, Canadean says. [ + ]

Grant F Reid, the global president of Mars Chocolate, has been chosen to replace Paul S Michaels, the current president of Mars Incorporated, who will retire at the end of the year. Reid will formally take on the role of president of Mars in January 2015. [ + ]

Submissions are now open for the 6th annual APPMA scholarship. Presented by the APPMA and the AIP, the scholarship gives a packaging engineer the opportunity to complete a Diploma in Packaging Technology. The scholarship is valued at more than $9000. [ + ]

Registrations for the ARBS 2014 seminar series are now open. The seminar series will be held alongside the ARBS 2014 event from 20 to 22 May 2014 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. [ + ]

Patties Foods has appointed a new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Steven Chaur's appointment was announced by the Patties Board on 28 March; he will take up the position on 15 April. [ + ]

Andrew U'Ren AAIP, 2011 AIP Scholarship recipient, has graduated with a Certificate in Packaging. U’Ren won the AIP scholarship through the Southern Cross Awards Program. [ + ]

A Senate Committee has recommended all bans on imported Fijian ginger, New Zealand potatoes and Malaysian pineapples be upheld. [ + ]

The announcement of a Senate inquiry into country-of-origin labelling for imported foods has been welcomed by the Australian Made Campaign. [ + ]

Is increasing taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages really the key to curbing the obesity epidemic? According to a recent study, not really. [ + ]

According to Swedish researchers, changing our eating habits is imperative if we are to meet the UN climate target of limiting global warming to 2°C. In the future, being green could involve eating less red meat and dairy. [ + ]

Food labels are set to be scrutinised after Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce and Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane referred an inquiry into country of origin food labelling to the House of Representatives Agriculture and Industry Committee. The inquiry will examine truth and clarity in country of origin food labels. [ + ]

Rob Baan, the mastermind behind Koppert Cress's micro-vegetables that taste like aniseed, oysters and citrus, will deliver a presentation about the innovation to Australian vegetable growers at AUSVEG's 2014 Produce Innovation Seminar on 19 June. [ + ]

To avoid a clash with the end of the financial year, the deadline for registrations of interest in nominations for the NZIFST Food Industry Excellence Awards has been extended by one week to 11 April. [ + ]