Staff Writer

Zipper sealed pouches

Zip-Pak has launched a range of innovative press-to-close zippers for commercial shred­ded cheese packs, allowing the packaging to be reused multiple times.
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Tailor-made fortified ingredients

SternVitamin, a designer of vitamin and mineral premixes, develops tailor-made ingredients for its customers that are ideal for fortified drinks, pasta, cereals, bakery products, dairy products and baby food.
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Investing in dairy

Fonterra prepares itself for the future with a multi-million dollar investment program to improve production efficiency and innovation within the dairy sector.
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Top food manufacturers help the hungry

Foodbank, Australia’s largest food-relief organisation, presented four of Australia’s largest food manufactures with awards at the Australian Food and Grocery Council’s annual industry dinner on September 10, for supporting Australia’s hungry.
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Innovative, functional chocolate

Functional chocolate suppliers, HERZA Schokolade, has launched a new range of small chocolate pieces and compounds including small pieces of aerated chocolate and two-colour chocolate drops, available as chocolate pieces or compounds, ideal for ice cream, frozen gateaux or breakfast cereals.
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Food Safety Conference update

Food safety experts from Australia, New Zealand and around the world will meet in Sydney to discuss the future of food at the second Food Safety Conference from 19th to 21st September, 2007.
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FoodWorks reveals future strategies

FoodWorks has announced its current and forecasted plans to achieving ambitious targets in the next two to three years, with plans to launch new and/or redevelop 300 stores within the network and introduce 150 ‘new generation’ entrepreneurial retailers in the coming years.
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