Industry News
Pooch wins 2009 Southern Cross Judges Rationale Award
The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) sponsors the gold 2009 Southern Cross Judges Rationale Award which was won by Vincent Chan.
[ + ]Private labels are booming
The supermarkets don’t just want to sell groceries. They also want to sell the groceries as their own. A recent analysis from the Nielsen Company shows a large increase in the number of private labels in the grocery sector.
[ + ]2009 Australian Packaging Award winners
The Australian Packaging Awards are the premier awards event recognising the best of Australia’s product packaging, highlighting the outstanding achievements of the industry and opening doors all over the world.
[ + ]GI symbol revamp
The launch of the new-look GI Symbol makes selecting healthy foods and beverages even easier for consumers.
[ + ]Coca-Cola Company embraces front of product energy info
The Coca-Cola Company has announced global plans to include energy information (calories, kilocalories, kilojoules) per serving on the front of nearly all product packages in a move to increase consumers’ awareness about the energy content of its beverages.
[ + ]Ready meal deal for Simplot
Simplot Australia will license the frozen meals brand Lean Cuisine and Maggi frozen brand, acquire the Papa Giuseppi frozen pizza brand and the manufacturing facility at Pakenham, near Melbourne. The combined licence and acquisition arrangement with Nestlé Australia will strengthen Simplot's ready meals offerings.
[ + ]New brewery for Sydney
Barons Brewing has announced a partnership with Independent Liquor Group (ILG) to build a $30m+, state-of-the-art, domestic brewing facility, with the capacity to produce 250,000 hectolitres of beer per year at ILG’s Sydney warehouse in Erskine Park.
[ + ]First morning at FoodTech Connect
FoodTech Connect is a two-day conference focusing on growth in the Australian food industry. The first day was packed with interest.
[ + ]New Zealand making chooks safer
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is taking the lead for the International Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) in developing standards to combat campylobacter in broiler chickens.
[ + ]SSI Schaefer expands in Melbourne
SSI Schaefer has opened a second facility in Melbourne so it can better service its increasing materials handling client base.
[ + ]Inaco and Mettler Toledo join forces in Australia
Inaco Automation Controls and Mettler Toledo have announced a new distribution alliance in Australia.
[ + ]Australian Standard for organic and biodynamic products published
The first Australian Standard for organic and biodynamic products has been published. AS 6000-2009 Organic and biodynamic products outlines the minimum requirements to be met by growers and manufacturers wishing to label their products ‘organic’ and ‘biodynamic’.
[ + ]Australia refines its food safety rules for imported beef and beef products
Australia is adjusting its imported food policy settings regarding bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for beef and beef products. The changes follow a review of current settings and will come into effect from 1 March 2010.
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