The Australian Food and Grocery Council has warned that the federal government’s plans to cut greenhouse emissions by between 5% and 15% by 2020 has the potential to compromise the domestic and international competiveness of Australia’s food industry.
Mrs Crocket’s Fast and Fresh has donated over $56,000 worth of food to NSW charities since the beginning of 2008.
Australian children are consuming low levels of food colours, according to a survey of added colours in foods released by Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
The Smith's Snackfood Company at Tingalpa in Queensland has reduced its water consumption by 16% through best practice water use on site.
Sophisticated middle class consumers in the Asian region generally see consumption of Western-style foods as a mark of affluence, and our immediate northern neighbour is no different.
In a bid to reduce the amount of plastic used in the sealing of food produce such as pasta, rice and crisps, researchers at Bath University, England, are leading a project to build a new high-speed packaging machine.
Three upcoming major food trade events will give WA food and beverage companies the opportunity to take their produce to new international markets.
Sinogie Consulting, a research and consulting company with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, has conducted a survey to establish how the Chinese milk contamination scandal is likely to affect those involved in the FMCG sector.
Graintec, an authorised distributor of Romer Labs, has introduced to Australia a new, highly sensitive AgraQuant ELISA test kit that has been designed to meet the coming regulatory limits for melamine in food products.
Higher disposable incomes among the Chinese urban middle class and a growing expatriate community in some major cities have led to increasing calls for high-quality non-Asian foods.