The price, quality and seasonality of Australia’s food is increasingly being affected by climate change with Australia’s future food security under threat, a ground-breaking report by the Climate Council has revealed.
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Invaluable insights into Agribusiness opportunities in Asia
The Ag in the Asian Century international export conference held in Toowoomba recently was a huge success highlighted by a fantastic panel of speakers sharing learnings from across the industry.
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Coke-Cola reformulates Powerade for big market push
Coca-Cola South Pacific has announced the launch of Powerade ION4, the biggest reformulation of Powerade since 2006, seeking to capitalise on the accelerated growth of the sports drinks category over the last two years.
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Mastering vessel movements
Accurate vessel motion analysis is critical for ship safety, stabilization and performance in relation to control vessel wave response and amplitude vessel motions caused by infamous seasonal swells. Designing and building ocean going ships require not only careful consideration but also the use of accurate, reliable measurement devices.
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Choice urges government to come clean over TPP
With the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), completed, consumer group Choice has urged the Federal Government to make all details publicly available as soon as possible and for the Productivity Commission to conduct a full cost-benefit analysis of the agreement.
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Ski launches new lite yogurt
Yoghurt Company Ski has announced a new range of Ski D’Lite that contains 25 per cent less sugar.
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Federal ministers give a cluck about egg rip-off
Consumer advocacy group Choice has welcomed today’s start of consultations on free-range egg labelling as the next step in ending the ‘free-range’ rip off.
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Diageo loses its love of wine amid sale rumours
Alcohol giants Diageo, owners of Jonnie Walker and Ciroc vodka are looking to offload their wine division.
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Hands-free waste bins that promote food safety
Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP), has released the Slim Jim Step-On refuse containers in Australia.
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Tortilla chip manufacturer doubles production thanks to automation
Based in the United States, flour tortilla chip manufacturer, Donkey Brands, has doubled production volumes by installing a new production line from specialist food processing equipment provider, FOODesign, a tna company.
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Seaweed: the next big opportunity in snacking?
Seaweed is a rare example of an opportunity to get in at Day One of a new growth market for snacks, predicts New Nutrition Business, with sales of seaweed snacks in the US already overtaking those of kale.
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Pet food & large packages leak / seal tester
SealTick TSE 6089L is an on-demand leak testing unit for pet food and pet care products specifically in large size packages up to 22Kg.
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Macfarms launches easy open Macadamias
Inspired by the booming trend in China, those nutty geniuses over at MacFarms have launched Macadamias that can be consumed directly from the shell using a unique key in the pack. - Easy Open Macadamias (Roasted & Salted in the Shell).
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Nestlé enters global super-premium chocolate category
Nestlé has announced its entry into the global super-premium chocolate category with its almost 200-year old Swiss chocolate brand Cailler.
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BDC launches the Master Distillers’ Collection rum
The Bundaberg Distilling Company (BDC) has released the Master Distillers’ Collection (MDC) Black Barrel – Distilled 2005 rum.
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Smith’s Chips factory in WA to close
Smith’s Snackfood Company will shut its Smith’s Chips factory in Canning Vale next year and, as a result, 300 workers will lose their jobs.
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Technology in the warehouse
Like most in the supply chain industry these days fork lift users are at home with technology. Radio frequency identification (RFID), speed zoning, on-board cameras, laser positioning of tines, and even wireless remote control of low—level order pickers are all fork lift technology improvements once considered revolutionary.
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Fairtrade finds reasons to celebrate International Coffee Day
Whether it’s your morning get-up-and-go or your afternoon pick-me-up, we can all agree coffee is worth celebrating, which is exactly what will be happening on the first official International Coffee Day set to be celebrated on 1 October, 2015.
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Food Manufacturing Industry Guide to Safety 2015/16 Released
Food safety standards place obligations on Australian food businesses to produce food that is safe and suitable for consumption.
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Feeding the troops: the emotional meaning of food in wartime
“Can an egg save a soldier?” So asked a full-page advertisement for Sunny Queen Farms in the The Age’s Sunday Life magazine last month.
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