In June, the Winery Engineering Association will host its annual conference and exhibition in Adelaide.

New tests, developed for the Food Standards Agency by the UK’s Government Central Science Laboratory, were completed last year and have been checked using samples of pork and chicken bought.

About 1800 experimental wheat lines will be available in Australia in the next 18 months and will have a major impact on Queensland’s wheat industry.

Victoria's expertise in agriculture, dairy, animal husbandry, manufacturing, clean coal technology, services and biotechnology could lead to China becoming the state's top trading partner within the next few years, the Consul-General of the People's Republic of China in Melbourne, Mr Liang Shugen, will told a symposium on Friday 12 May.

A new brochure about folic acid in food for women expecting pregnancy is now available from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, announced.

A one-day master class on RFID principles, challenges and practices for manufacturing will be held during National Manufacturing Week 2006, at Sydney’s Darling Harbour from May 30 to June 2.

The AFC panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated a long-term study on the carcinogenicity of aspartame conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation in Bologna, Italy.

The health benefits associated with consuming Omega-3 oils have been highlighted in a new Federal Government guide to the nutritional values of foods.

GS1 Australia has opened a second Supply Chain Knowledge Centre (SCKC) in Sydney to provide business and industry associates access to information that will help them improve their information flows and trading efficiencies.

A recent study shows it would cost Australians $120 million a year to extend country-of-origin labelling to canned or packaged food that includes two or less principal whole fruit or vegetable products.

Scientists are confident that lamb could soon become as important a source of Omega-3 fatty acids as oily fish.

Cadbury Schweppes has announced it will take over the remaining 55% stake in the Dr Pepper/Seven Up bottling group (BG) for the price of $353 million.

Two of the leading health peak bodies, Diabetes Australia and The Cancer Council, in Victoria have called for the Victorian Government to strengthen its commitment to both regulation and community education to help fight the alarming childhood obesity trends.

Tetra Pak has announced it will takeover Carlisle Process Systems USA, the cheese and powder processing sector of Carlisle Companies Inc.

The Biological Farmers of Australia has formed a sub committee to promote the principles, benefits and good practices of biological agriculture.