A national container deposit scheme would increase the cost of beer, the Brewers Association has claimed. [ + ]

McCain has announced it will close its South Australian potato processing plant in December this year. A total of 59 permanent employees at the Penola plant will be offered redundancy packages and offered counselling and support to find new jobs. [ + ]

Adding GST to fresh fruit and vegetables could have significant negative impacts on Australians' health, researchers from the University of Queensland have warned. [ + ]

Ishida's RV Series multihead weigher range has been awarded an Oscar for innovation - an Oscar Macfrut Award, that is. [ + ]

Food labels are a 'window' into the entire food system, according to Flinders University PhD candidate Emma Tonkin. Tonkin is researching the way food labelling influences consumer trust in the food system. [ + ]

A survey published in the Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health has shown that the majority of adults believe it is important that the government regulates food policy options under consideration. [ + ]

Finalists for the Food ingredients (Fi) Europe Excellence Awards Programme have been announced. The awards, which coincide with the Fi Europe show, recognise major innovations in the food ingredients industry across eight categories. [ + ]

A discovery that improves the practicality of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas could have unexpected benefits for carbonated beverages. [ + ]

The bakery and cereal sector in China is expected to grow by nearly US$15 billion between 2012 and 2017, according to new research from Canadean. [ + ]

Revised ISO standards pertaining to information security management have been published. BS ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and BS ISO/IEC 27002:2013 help businesses manage information security. [ + ]

The Australian Made, Australian Grown logo has been formally trademarked in South Korea, representing a major breakthrough for Australian exporters. [ + ]

The UK Public Health Responsibility Deal has called for reduced portion sizes as a way of reducing the nation's caloric intakes, but a review has found that consumers choose food based on a number of different factors - with nutrition coming some way down the list of priorities. [ + ]

With Asian food consumption expected to increase significantly to 2050, Australian food producers should tap into niche markets and focus on high-quality produce to serve up what Asia wants, a new report shows. [ + ]

Monsanto Australia has made an application to FSANZ to modify the Food Standards Code to include food derived from genetically modified lucerne, which has been modified to contain reduced levels of lignin. [ + ]

The global medical nutrition market is projected to reach US$40.1 billion by 2018, with huge growth forecast in India in particular. The Indian market itself is expected to reach approximately US$4.2 billion by 2017. [ + ]