The due date for submissions for the 2010 Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association of Australia scholarship will be the close of business on Friday 30 April.

The 50th anniversary Australian Supply Chain and Logistics (ASCL) Awards will be held at Crystal Palace, Luna Park, Sydney, on Thursday 28 October.

To feed a world population projected to exceed 9 billion people by 2050, technology that can enhance food production will be a significant asset, according to a Kansas State University agricultural economist.

Personal health recommendations and diets tailored to better prevent diseases may be in our future, just by focusing on genetics.

An Australian contingent is being organised to attend the 15th IUoFST Congress in South Africa. A great way to visit a fascinating country and a world-class conference.

Back to the Future: The Art & Science of Packaging is the theme of this year's AIP National Conference which will be held in Melbourne in June.

Next year's AUSPACK exhibition has expanded into AUSPACK PLUS and will now include the processing and plastics sectors of the food, beverage and manufacturing industries.

The Australian Food Processing Suppliers Association is open for new members interested in solving food industry-related challenges.

Following 3.5% annual growth, the US food and beverage additive market is forecast to be woth US$8.5 billion by 2014.

APMA (the Australian Packaging and Machinery Association) has formally added processing into its fold and changed its name to the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA).

ISO technical specification ISO/TS 22002-1:2009, Prerequisite programmes on food safety - Part 1: Food manufacturing, sets out requirements for prerequisite programs needed to realise safe products and provide food that is safe for human consumption. It is intended to be used in conjunction with, and to support, ISO 22000:2005, which gives requirements for a food safety management system.

The new ISO 17367:2009 standard will help manufacturers and distributors to track products and to manage their traceability thanks to standardised RF tags.

Richard Spall has been appointed as General Manager for CRT Group, the wholly-owned subsidiary of national transport and logistics company, QR Limited.

Marel has reached an agreement with the Dutch investor Nimbus on the sale of the Food & Dairy Systems division of Stork Food Systems.

Kokumi taste foods contain various compounds that have no taste themselves, but can enhance the basic sweet, salty and umami taste sensation they co-exist with. Kokumi compounds, such as calcium, protamine (found in milk), L-histidine (an amino acid) and glutathione (found in yeast extract) have now been shown to activate calcium-sensing channels in humans.