Anglomoil’s Synthetic Food Grade (SFG) lubricant range has been awarded ISO 21469 certification by NSF International. [ + ]

Fonterra has announced a further $30 million investment to expand its dry distribution centre at its Whareroa site in Taranaki. [ + ]

Cost-effective strategies for control of produce contamination may become realities now that researchers have identified a variety of factors that influence the likelihood of E. coli contamination of spinach on farms prior to harvest. [ + ]

A new process for making a 3D microstructure that can be used to analyse cells could be useful in counterterrorism measures and water and food safety concerns. [ + ]

Although bread in Australia is fortified with iodised salt, this alone does not supply pregnant women with sufficient iodine to ensure a healthy foetus, researchers from the University of Adelaide claim. [ + ]

Online retailing will comprise 20% of the non-food market in Australia in five years, retail expert Stephen Kulmar predicts. The Australian retail market should expect a major shake-up, Kulmar said. [ + ]

Pro-Pac Packaging has announced it will purchase the business and assets of Eco Food Pack Australia, a Sydney-based company that develops and sells food packaging trays for the fresh meat, seafood and poultry industries. [ + ]

The inaugural Global Summit on the Health Effects of Yogurt brought together international nutrition experts, who presented the current state of the science on the health effects of yoghurt and identified research gaps that need to be addressed. [ + ]

The SA Government is proposing a voluntary industry code that will allow those who adhere to it to display a ‘South Australian Laid, Free Range Egg Code Compliant’ label. [ + ]

Syngenta scientist Dr Mary-Dell Chilton has been named a laureate of the 2013 World Food Prize, which recognises individuals who have enhanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. [ + ]

Crop yields worldwide are not increasing quickly enough to support estimated global food requirements in 2050, according to a study published in PLOS One. [ + ]

Distributor and food processor Golden State Foods has announced the appointment of John Broekhuis as Group Vice President, International. [ + ]

Innovation is as much about execution as it is imagination, according to the head of innovation at Kraft Foods Australia, Nicolas Georges. [ + ]

Amorim and O-I have announced the European launch of a new cork-glass wine packaging solution for the popular premium and fast-turnaround still wine market. [ + ]

Meat renderer AJ Bush & Sons has won the Business Eco-efficiency Award at the Queensland Premier’s Sustainability Awards for its biogas-recovery project. [ + ]