Yum! Brands has announced the launch of World Hunger Relief featuring Christina Aguilera, global spokesperson and new World Food Programme Ambassador Against Hunger.

Companies in Australia’s agribusiness sector have joined forces to improve supply chain processes and services, through the adoption of GS1 global standards.

The 2010 Frost & Sullivan Global Technology Innovation Award in Food Ingredients has been presented to Isobionics.

Nestlé is to establish an R&D centre in India that will focus on popularly positioned products that will offer lower-income consumers high-quality, nutritionally enhanced products at affordable prices.

Dematic Group has announced it has completed the acquisition of HK Systems, a North American automated material handling and software solutions provider. This union was made final on 15 September 2010.

Chinese dairy manufacturers are ignoring the risk of serious penalties, even death, and continuing to lace their milk powder with melamine to give erroneous protein content results.

Naturally functional foods that fight disease, environmentally friendly food packaging, new probiotic juices and natural antimicrobial treatments to keep food fresh for longer are some of the topics to be discussed when The University of Queensland presents the first of its Future Food Forums for industry on Tuesday 28 September at its St Lucia campus.

A team of scientists at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics has successfully used genetic modification (GM) to improve the salt tolerance of rice, offering hope for improved rice production around the world.

Infrared spectroscopy can detect E. coli faster than current testing methods and can cut days off investigations of outbreaks, according to a study at Purdue University.

Coles is sourcing hormone growth promotant (HGP)-free beef from its Australian cattle producers to achieve its goal of providing customers with the best quality fresh food.

Dionex Corporation and EMD Millipore have announced a worldwide distribution agreement for the EMD Millipore ICW-3000 water purification system for Dionex ion chromatography (IC) systems using RFIC-EG technology.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited interested parties to comment on a draft national food standard to ensure high levels of food safety in the seed sprouts industry, and on an application to approve Advantame as a high-intensity sweetener.

Food regulators have found no major health risks associated with the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging and closures according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).

Fuchs Petrolub AG has acquired the worldwide food-grade lubricants business from Shell International Petroleum.

The Wrigley’s factory in Asquith, NSW, has launched a new production line for Eclipse mints. After 5 years of profitable growth in the mint industry, the company has introduced the line to produce the mints exclusively for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.