Microencapsulation technology is being utilised to store healthy omega-3 oils in processed foods, under an agreement between Food Science Australia (FSA) and the Clover Corporation.

Fuchs Lubricants Australasia has announced the winner of the Geralyn U Beaut Ute competition.

The ‘Australian Grown’ logo has now been launched, allowing consumers to identify packaged food that has been grown on Australian farms.

Masterfoods announced today that its brand name will remain in the marketplace despite the recent change of the operating name of the company to Mars.

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered a bovine gene that allows some cows to naturally produce skimmed milk.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today invited comment on proposed changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

A Canadian-invented bioactive paper has been developed that contains the ingredients to detect and ward off life-threatening bacteria and viruses like E.coli, salmonella and SARS.

A report recently published in the UK has found that the Australian wine industry could significantly reduce their CO₂ emissions by bulk exporting of wine, instead of shipping it in bottles.

Molecular biologist Professor Rudi Appels has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship within the Food Futures Flagship, to advance the application of genomics technologies to high quality grains, including wheat and barley.

An American brewing company, Coors, has released a beer bottle that changes colour when the beer is at the optimal drinking temperature.

Dining in tops food trends in the US Today’s diners put home cooking as the number one meal of choice, according to the latest Top 10 Food Trends in the US, published in Food Technology magazine.

The Australian Innovation Festival is finishing with a bang this week, with events including the AIIA iAwards and the Western Sydney Manufacturing Week 2007.

The 19th Australian international manufacturing technology exhibition for the automation, process electronics and electrical industries will be held this year at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour.

Commercialisation of GM canola in Australia is likely to have only negligible direct impacts on the organic canola, livestock and honey industries, according to a report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).

American company Metabolix has signed a collaborative agreement with Australia's Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) to research and develop natural plastics directly in sugarcane.