Industry News
Antioxidants discovered in beef, chicken and pork
Imidazole dipeptides are substances produced in the bodies of various animals and humans, thought to relieve fatigue and prevent disease. [ + ]
FSANZ updates food safety management standards
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has updated Safe Food Australia to incorporate the new Standard 3.2.2A Food safety management tools. [ + ]
Career and salary report for packaging industry
Australian Institute of Packaging has released the key findings from its 2022 Career & Salary Survey report for the food and beverage industries. [ + ]
Caspak launches lidding film for mono layer semirigid trays
The packaging manufacturer has developed a PVDC-free, eco-friendly PET Top Web that seals to thermoformable PET films or pre-formed mono layer semirigid trays. [ + ]
Beverage carton recycling facility opens in Sydney
The $5.5m facility has been set up by saveBOARD, with help from Tetra Pak and others, to recycle used beverage cartons into sustainable construction material. [ + ]
A solution to caffeine withdrawal symptoms: decaf coffee
In some good news for coffee drinkers, a placebo discovery has shown decaf coffee quenches withdrawal symptoms in people reliant on their daily caffeine fix. [ + ]
Saputo invests in Tasmanian facility following closures in Vic
Saputo Dairy Australia (SDA) has announced a $20 million investment in its Smithton plant in north-west Tasmania. [ + ]
International Farm2Fork Summit to return to Australia in 2023
The Rabobank Farm2Fork Summit will be held in Australia on 23 March 2023, with over 1600 agribusiness professionals expected to attend. [ + ]
Making room for mushrooms
The AMGA held a meet-up of Sydney chefs to launch its Blenditarian campaign, encouraging Australians to eat more mushrooms. [ + ]
Independent brewer launches non-alcoholic craft beer
CbCo Brewing has launched CBCo Zero, a 0.0% ABV beer now available at CBCo Brewing's Port Melbourne brewery. [ + ]
Beer set to be brewed with Queensland sunshine
XXXX brewery is set to be powered by 100% renewable electricity following an agreement to use electricity from the Woolooga Solar Farm. [ + ]
Paddock to Profit: Digital Agrifood Summit returns in 2023
The Digital Agrifood Summit will return to Wagga Wagga on 11–12 October 2023. The theme will be "Paddock to Profit". [ + ]
Palsgaard kicks off Netherlands factory expansion
Palsgaard has started work on an €18m expansion at its Netherlands factory for high-grade PGPR emulsifiers. [ + ]
Sustainable dunnage solution wins WorldStar award
Opal and JBS Australia have won a 2023 WorldStar global packaging award in the transit category for their corrugated cardboard dunnage solution. [ + ]
Falling for chocolate on Valentine's Day
Chocolate can hit our brain in the same way that love does, so could the science explain why so many give chocolate as a gift on Valentine's Day? [ + ]
