Schütz Info-ID QR code for IBC labelling plate
24 January, 2024The Schütz Info-ID gives IBC customers and users direct access to additional product and application-specific information via a QR code.
Driver safety initiative for the dairy industry
11 December, 2023An Australian road driver safety initiative has been designed by NTI to help reduce dairy tanker rollovers.
Nestlé to move shipping needs to sustainable fuels
07 December, 2023Nestlé, working with three large shipping companies, will move the equivalent of half its global shipping needs to alternative, lower-emission fuels.
Raising frozen food temperature for decarbonisation
01 December, 2023Research has suggested that standard frozen food temperatures could be changed by just three degrees, from -18 to -15°C, to save carbon dioxide emissions.
Unilever to share ice cream reformulation patents with industry
10 November, 2023Unilever has announced it will grant a free licence to the ice cream industry for its ice cream reformulation patents that have been trialled in warmer freezer cabinets.
Manufacturers urged to crack down on food safety
25 July, 2023LRQA has urged manufacturers to increase focus on change management to ensure supplier approval processes remain effective, following food safety concerns.
Roundtable talk: food industry supply chain challenges
19 July, 2023 by Cameron Greening, Senior Vice President, Sales ANZ, Fortude and Bruce Heaney, Strategic Sales Director, InforA recent roundtable discussion among major food and beverage executives emphasised the importance of collaboration to overcome common issues such as the supply chain.
Balluff BVS ID Optical Ident Sensor
11 July, 2023The Balluff BVS ID Optical Ident Sensor is designed to read barcodes, 2D codes and DMC codes to improve identification tasks.
NCS Australia FreshFocus Enterprise Resource Planning solution
30 June, 2023FreshFocus is an ERP solution, built on Microsoft technology, tailored to meet the challenges faced by the fresh food supply chain industry.
Aussie eggs made safer with traceability tools
01 June, 2023A project enabling traceability in the Australian egg industry has concluded, having created resources to help farmers implement on-farm traceability systems.
Use-by dates could be past their use-by date
21 March, 2023Forget expiration dates, a graduate research student has developed a miniature pH sensor that can tell when food has spoiled in real time.
Food industry bucks the 'inventory crisis' trend
05 December, 2022A new report of independent Australian food suppliers shows they're profiting from a domestic model of holding less stock, despite previous supply chain woes during the pandemic.
Edible tag in a biscuit: tracks food from factory to stomach
19 October, 2022Researchers from Osaka University have developed a 3D printing method of embedding edible QR codes in a biscuit.
Track-and-trace trial of cherry and potato supply chains
21 September, 2022The trial simulated a product recall and the results show the benefits that could be achieved by the adoption of a digital standards-based traceability system.
Ensuring Australia's food bowl will not be empty amidst global food shortages
16 September, 2022 by Rob Stummer, Asia Pacific CEO at SYSPROTo build more resilient supply chains going forward, food production companies should consider investing in technologies that involve all stakeholders.
