The craft beer and distillery market in Australia is worth in excess of $4 billion and growing. Although currently dominated by North American brands, more exciting new craft brewers and distilleries are
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Huge bounty from local and overseas vendors at Fine Foods Australia
Fine Food Australia opened to large crowds at Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) with a massive range of products and services on display. This included a huge contingent from China, as well
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FFH new manufacturing plant starts production
Fine Food Holdings (FFH), a division of the Gourmet Food Group, has commenced operation from its new custom-designed manufacturing facilities in Dandenong South, Melbourne.
Representing an investment in
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Western Sydney to put lab-grown meat on the menu
Western Sydney could become a national base for the production of meat grown from animal stem cells under an ambitious plan supported by the NSW Government.
NSW Minister for Jobs, Investment and Western
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Of seahorses, eczema and organic food
After growing up on a property in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley and being involved in growing food from a very young age, Emma Greenhatch’s career was always going to involve food. How a nominee for Social
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NSW Export Awards launched
The Export Council of Australia (ECA) along with its principal partner the NSW Government, and its 2018 award partners, has announced that applications are now open for the 2018 Premier’s NSW Export
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New guide for Australian fruit and vegetable exporters
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Steven Ciobo, and the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, David Littleproud, has launched, “Fresh fruit and vegetable export requirements:
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Review of sheep exports to Middle East during northern summer
Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has announced the terms of reference for the short, sharp review into sheep exports to the Middle East during the northern summer.
Minister Littleproud said the
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Indian tariffs will hit Australian pulse trade hard
A new 30 per cent tariff on imports of chickpeas and lentils to India will hit Australia’s two most important pulse crops hard in the middle of the harvest season when much of the export trade is getting under way for the year, Pulse Australia says.
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Reforms open Argentina to Australian companies
Reforms in Argentina are opening opportunities for Australian companies in South America’s second-largest economy, a new report shows.
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Arrow Energy set to fix manufacturers’ energy woes
Arrow Energy has announced plans to double the production capacity of its Tipton gas project in Queensland amid an east-coast industrial gas shortage.
The planned expansion of Arrow’s Tipton operations
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It’s full steam ahead for Woolies
FMCG giant Woolworths has posted its strongest sales growth in seven years- with sales rising 4.5 per cent in the March quarter, according to a report in the
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WA food stocks hit after roads damaged by flooding
Agriculture and food minister Alannah MacTiernan has called for road repairs in Western Australia after the region was hit by flooding.
She has identified roads in Ravensthorpe, 540km south-east of Perth,
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Patties CEO says more takeovers on the table
Australia’s ready-meal sector will surpass $1 billion in the near future and a shift towards healthier eating is playing a major part, it has been claimed.
Paul Hitchcock, CEO of Patties Foods, has
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Dairy company reduces costs with label management system
NiceLabel, one of the world’s leading developers of label and marking productivity software solutions has helped dairy company Arla Foods find a standardised label management solution for all of
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Refresh Group acquires bottled water supplier Aquazuro
Refresh Group has acquired Sydney-based bottled water supplier Aquazuro Australia, with the intention to integrate Aquazuro’s bottled water delivery business into its existing operations.
Aside from
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Red meat: the next product to be revolutionised by 3D printing
As the hype around 3D printing continues to grow, red meat has been identified as the next product that could benefit substantially from the technology.
According to experts, 3D printing could
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Chinese supermarkets stop selling Brazilian meat
According to a story from the Voice of America (VoA), some of China’s largest food suppliers have stopped selling Brazilian beef and poultry following a scandal over Brazil’s meat processing
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Small-to-medium machine automation controller
Omron electronics has released its entry level controller, NX1P, designed for small to midsize production machines.
Based on the Sysmas (System for Machine Automation Control) platform, the controller
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Food safe rectantgular connectors
Mencom’s T-Type Hygienic rectangular connectors are designed for installation on food industry machines and systems.
The food safe and self-extinguishing thermoplastic material is easily cleanable and
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