Industry News
Independent food auditors to help maintain food safety standards
The NSW Food Authority’s scheme of accredited independent auditors is on track to deliver more choice for licensed food businesses, while maintaining stringent food safety standards.
[ + ]NDC appoints new distributor for Australia
NDC Infrared Engineering (UK), an NIR process measurement amd monitoring company, has announced the appointment of B-R Controls as its new distributor for the 710e range of ethernet-enabled online gauges.
[ + ]Milking opportunities: new market for Victorian dairy producers
Milk from Gippsland and cheese from the Yarra Valley may soon be seen on supermarket shelves in India following the release of a Victorian government report into export opportunities in the lucrative Indian dairy market.
[ + ]Most of the globe ate out less in the third quarter last year
Foodservice usage in France, Germany, Japan, Spain, UK, Italy, US and China declined in the third quarter last year, according to research from The NPD Group. Canada was the only country monitored that bucked the trend.
[ + ]Public comment invited for proposed changes to food laws
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has invited individuals and organisations with an interest in the regulation of food to provide information and comment on a number of possible changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. The changes under consideration include the approval of genetically modified (GM) maize, cotton and corn, erythrosine as a colouring for icing and a national food safety standard for the production and processing of raw milk products.
[ + ]San Miguel acquires Cospak
San Miguel Corp hopes to make the Cospak Group the vehicle for its Australasian and rapidly growing exports business following its acquisition of the company.
[ + ]Cargill acquires edible fats and oils operations of Goodman Fielder
Cargill has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Goodman Fielder’s Commercial Edible Fats and Oils business.
[ + ]High demand for microwave packaging
Convenient meal options are driving the demand for microwave packaging products with steady growth forecast for the next few years.
[ + ]AIP to launch AFGC Retail Ready Toolkit
Retail ready packaging solutions have developed at a speedy rate and now the AIP is running a roadshow across Queensland and New South Wales in February to launch the new AFGC retail ready toolkit.
[ + ]Australian carbon neutral wine the toast of Copenhagen
Taylors Eighty Acres wines from the Clare Valley, which are 100% carbon neutral based on the international standard for Life Cycle Assessmen, have been chosen for an official function during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
[ + ]Resources about European traditional foods
A collection of new resources on European traditional foods has been released by The British Nutrition Foundation, on behalf of the European Food Information Resource (EuroFIR) project.
[ + ]Swallowing risk with beverage can pull-tabs
The safety of stay-tabs on beverage cans has been called into question after a US study has identified 19 cases of ingestion at a single hospital over a 16-year period.
[ + ]International standard for detection of chocolate fraud
The International Organisation for Standardisation has adopted a method developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre to measure vegetable fats in milk chocolate.
[ + ]Barons Brewing acquires Outback Brewing business
Barons Brewing has announced the acquisition of licensing and distribution for Australian beer company Outback Brewing. Under the agreement, Barons will control all global sales, marketing and distribution for the brand, making Outback Brewery the fourth licence acquisition for Barons this year.
[ + ]Award for supercritical extraction scientist
Dr Owen Catchpole's work in the supercritical extraction of high-value extracts from biological products such as fish waste has been recognised with his being awarded the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Fonterra Prize for Industrial and Applied Chemistry.
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