Accolade Wines will cut 175 jobs by January 2013 when it closes its Australian bottling operations.
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Nestlé working to educate Ivory Coast communities to end child labour
Nestlé has officially confirmed it is involving communities in the Ivory Coast in a new effort to reduce child labour, following a Fair Labor Association (FLA) report from November 2011.
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Hot weather in US Midwest damaging corn, wheat crops
A 10 per cent rise in the cost of US corn and wheat in just one week is sparking fears of a significant increase to world food prices.
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Packaging receives Halal certification
An Australian developer and manufacturer of sustainable plastics and packaging has received Halal certification for a new range of resins.
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NSW govt provides wrong egg-labelling info: consumer watchdog
Consumer watchdog Choice has accused the New South Wales’ government of posting incorrect and confusing information about free-range egg labelling on its website.
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Australian meat included in attempted Chinese smuggle operation
Chinese media is reporting that meat smugglers have tried to get Australian products across the border.
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Family farms won’t survive and it’s not all Coles and Woollies fault: AIP National Conference
The 2012 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) Conference has kicked of in Queensland, and food and packaging experts have already shared their thoughts on the future of the Australian industry.
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World food prices drop to 8-month low
World food prices dropped to their lowest level in eight months, according to a U.N. Agency.
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We need plans and education to protect agricultural land: farm group
As the debate over foreign ownership of prime agricultural land and Australia being Asia’s ‘foodbowl’ rages, a new review by a leading farming group has found that the land needs to be preserved.
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Is anyone really listening? The Murray Darling and the limits to community consultation
On 28 May 2012 the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) handed down its long awaited revised blueprint to restore health to the Murray Darling Basin.
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Over 80% of Australians against Chinese investment in agricultural land
Yesterday the Federal Government’s plans to make Australia the Asian food bowl were labelled “a waste of taxpayer’s money” by the Wilderness Society, and now a new poll has found over 80 per cent of Australians are also against plans to encourage Chinese investment in agricultural land.
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Coca-Cola’s 6-step plan to be the leading Aussie beer brewer
Coca-Cola Amatil has confirmed plans to re-enter the Australian brewing industry by 2014, despite earlier disputing such rumours.
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Government’s encouragement of Chinese agricultural investment “a waste of taxpayers’ money”
The Wilderness Society has slammed the Federal Government’s plan to attract Chinese investment to agricultural development in northern Australia, labelling it a waste of taxpayers’ money.
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Australian meat exports contaminated: biggest export market at risk
A batch of mince contaminated with E.coli discovered in South Carolina may have come from Australia, amid revelations that up to 13 shipments of Australian meat has been rejected by the US in the past year.
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Hundreds of sheep strewn across Melbourne highways when truck rolls
A truck carrying about 400 sheep overturned on a Melbourne highway last night, scattering the animals across the road and onto oncoming vehicles.
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As supermarket power rises, Heinz praises progress
One of the few companies to be openly critical of the supermarket duopoly in Australia, HJ Heinz, has apparently mended fences with Coles and Woolworths.
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Latest animal export exposé reminds us to steer clear of factory farm
It has once again been left to an advocacy group, Animals Australia, to highlight the cruel practices involved in cattle slaughter in Indonesia.
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Smart label remembers the use-by date you forget
A revolutionary “smart food label” developed by European scientists, which would take the guess work out of use-by labels, could be mass produced by the end of this year, if it gets enough support.
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Federal Government provides $1m funding to improve dairy technology
Dairy Australia has received $1 million from the Federal Government to conduct research to assess energy efficiency on dairy farms nation-wide.
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There’s nothing black or white about organic agriculture
Food is an emotional topic. Everyone cares about what they eat. Food often has a strong cultural, religious or even political meaning attached to it. Organic food is no different in that respect. People buy organic out of hedonistic values of pleasure and health as well as out of altruistic values of environmental sustainability, social justice and animal welfare.
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