FSANZ is calling for submissions on a revision of the Food Standards Code. The closing date for submissions on the Code Revision Proposal is 15 August 2013. [ + ]

The AACCI has approved the Whole Grains Working Group’s characterisation of whole grain products, which states that whole grain food products must contain 8 g or more of whole grain per 30 g of product. [ + ]

A Purdue University researcher says we should reconsider our opinion of potatoes and other white vegetables as they are just as important to a healthy diet as their colourful cousins. [ + ]

Danone has signed an agreement with COFCO, the state-owned largest food company in China, to form a joint venture. In addition, Danone and Mengniu have established a joint venture for the production and sales of yoghurt products in China. [ + ]

pitt&sherry has appointed a new National Leader - Food and Beverage. Andrew Buckley comes to the role having previously been Senior Project Engineer for the Food and Beverage business unit. [ + ]

Consuming diets higher in fibre may increase the risk for Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection and severe disease. [ + ]

A container deposit scheme will raise prices and cost jobs, despite environmental groups claiming such a scheme won’t affect prices, the Australian Beverages Council has said. [ + ]

Wiley has signed a contract with Sunny Queen Australia to deliver a greenfield ready-to-eat egg production facility at Sunny Queen’s Synergy Park site in Brisbane. [ + ]

Nations with emerging dairy markets and growing middle classes in Asia and Africa are eager to import from ANZ due to the perceived high quality of our dairy products, new analysis from Frost & Sullivan suggests. [ + ]

The course provides attendees with skills to design a safe and commercially viable thermal schedule for the processing of low-acid food products in cans, pouches and other hermetically sealed packaging. [ + ]

Spring Gully Foods says it has hired additional staff to boost production while it attempts to trade its way out of voluntary administration. The company has moved to two shifts a day to meet rapidly expanded demand. [ + ]

Tetra Pak has been honoured with the first DuPont Continuing Innovation Award, which is presented to winners of five or more previous DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. [ + ]

The Greens’ new Bill on country-of-origin labelling has drawn mixed reactions from the food industry. AUSVEG has voiced its support for the Bill, while the Australian Made Campaign has reservations. [ + ]

As part of a worldwide effort to find better ways of controlling ethylene, scientists compared all existing ethylene control/removal methods and technologies. The results of their review are published in the journal Chemical Reviews. [ + ]

DAFF has updated the paper for export sanitary and phytosanitary certificates for dairy products as part of the AQIS brand retirement. [ + ]