Industry News
Work safety subsidies for food processors
WorkSafe Victoria is taking expressions of interest from small to medium-sized food and beverage processors for a new subsidy scheme to help them improve occupational health and safety.
[ + ]E.coli control in fermented sausages
New techniques to minimise the risk of harmful food pathogen E.coli in fermented dry sausages could be on the way as scientists find acidic conditions encountered during the digestive process may not be enough to inactivate some harmful bacteria in fermented dry sausages.
[ + ]HACCP for VK in Australia
VK Creative Aromatics develops and manufactures flavours and fragrances, supplying a comprehensive range of some 500 sweet and beverage flavours.
[ + ]Foods and convenience: a package deal
As food evolves to accommodate the demands of an increasingly on-the-go world, in many cases it's the packaging that drives the change according to experts gathered at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo. And those packages are getting smarter.
[ + ]Understanding enzymes
Scientists at the University of Leicester have shown that the textbook explanation of how enzymes work is wrong - at least for some enzymes. Their discovery may explain why attempts to make artificial enzymes have often been disappointing. Industry must now re-think the rationale for the design of biological catalysts and its approaches to drug design.
[ + ]Workplace resource
A new food processing in-dustry workplace resource - the Food Processing Industry AWA (Australian work-place agreement) Kit - is a workplace rela-tions resource promoting flexible work practices for businesses in the food processing industry.
[ + ]Food business management
If you want to learn more about the business of food, then think about the Monash University Graduate Certificate/Executive Certificate in Food Business Management in 2005.
[ + ]Solution to sugar bloom
UK-based freezing specialist Asymptote has discovered a technique to prevent sugar bloom from spoiling food products.
[ + ]Drugs for bigger chooks
Imugene has completed a large-scale product development trial of its novel, non-antibiotic, non-hormone Poultry Productivity Enhancer.
[ + ]Tests for imported food
Overseas food producers and manufacturers wanting to export to Australia are now responsible for nominating a laboratory for testing their foods and for providing the packaging for samples drawn from their foods.
[ + ]Cholesterol-lowering hot-fudge sundae
Tim Carr, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln nutrition scientist, has developed a compound that packs more cholesterol-lowering power than similar commercially available plant-based food additives and should be easier to incorporate into foods.
[ + ]Packaging move
The Australian Institute of Packaging has moved to 5/47 Neridah Street, Chatswood 2067 and its postal address is now PO Box 1059, Chatswood 2057. The telephone number is +61 2 9412 2472 and the fax is +61 2 94112910.
[ + ]Add preservatives to the packaging not the food
No one wants food that has gone mouldy - least of all when they have only just purchased the product. But consumers are not exactly wild about food preservatives either. Packaging researchers are now introducing coated films to fight the battle of the bacteria.
[ + ]10-colour flexographic press for Chequer
Chequer Packaging Limited has invested NZ$5 million in a state-of-the-art printing press at its production site in East Tamaki, Auckland.
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