US farmer-funded dairy body, Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has announced a 50 percent increase in its export subsidy program.
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VVF’s campaign will push supermarkets to stock Aussie fruit
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) will be launching a campaign which will pressure supermarkets to use Aussie fruit in their private label tinned, plastic and snack pack lines.
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PrimeSafe appoints Leonard Vallance as new chair
Leonard Vallance has been appointed as the new chairman for industry regulator PrimeSafe, which regulates the meat, poultry and seafood industries.
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Japanese free trade deal could benefit Aussie beef exports
The Japanese Government is said to be taking its first steps towards entering a free trade deal which could provide significant benefits to Australia’s troubled cattle industry.
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Hershey’s Canada enters guilty plea for price fixing
Hershey's Canada Inc. has pleaded guilty to fixing the price of chocolate confectionery products in Canada
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Food processing industry may achieve WTO safeguards
The productivity commission will be undertaking two six-month inquiries into whether the food processing industry will need World Trade Organisation emergency safeguards.
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Victorian farmers push to sell only Aussie fruit in Supermarkets
A new proposal will be put before the Victoria Farmers Federation (VFF) at a conference in Melbourne tomorrow which will potentially force major supermarket chains to sell only Australian grown fruit.
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JBS has threatened to close if King Island sets up shop
One of the world’s largest meat companies, Brazilian owned JBS Australia has threatened to close another of its Tasmanian abattoirs should King Island set up in competition.
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Cheap imports create unfair playing field: Kagome
Kagome Australia, the country's last major tomato processor, has thrown its weight behind a Productivity Commission review into processed fruit imports, arguing Australian brands can't compete in today's marketplace.
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Cheap import tariffs considered by Productivity Commission
The Productivity Commission will look into the possible introduction of "safeguards" against imported processed fruits and tomatoes, following SPC Ardmona's announcement that it will axe up to 114 growers for next summer.
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Laser-etched fruit could replace sticker labelling in Europe
The European Union has recently approved the use of iron oxides and hydroxides to be used in the laser etching of selected fruit in place of sticker labels.
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Dairy company fined over cheese shredding accident
The Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company has been fined $35,000 following an incident at the companies Allansford facility where a worker had his finger severed in a cheese shredding machine.
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Baiada rip-off claims unfounded: union
Rumours that staff at Baiada's chicken processing plant near Griffith are being underpaid are unfounded, says the Australasian Meatworkers Union.
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Coles calls Katter’s supermarket bill ‘extremist’
Ian Mcleod, Coles managing director has come back at Independent MP, Bob Katter, claiming that his new Reducing Supermarket Dominance Bill 2013 is extremist.
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Allergy warnings confusing and overused: report
More than 65 percent of packaged foods, and an even greater proportion of snack foods, come with some form of allergy caution, a recent research report has found.
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Code of conduct nearing completion
The code of conduct being developed to manage relationships between retailers and suppliers is nearing completion, says the Australian Food and Grocery Council.
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New star labelling system “an additional regulatory burden”: AFGC
The new star labelling system which got the nod of approval from food and health ministers today has serious flaws and will be an added expense for Australian food manufacturers, says the AFGC.
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Seeing stars: ministers poised to approve new food rating system
State and federal health ministers will meet today to approve a new star rating system for food packaging.
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State vs federal in WA grape gripe
A proposal to allow Californian grapes into Western Australia is seeing the state’s Department of Agriculture take on its federal counterpart in an effort to maintain its pest-free reputation.
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Three times more government assistance for cars than food
Despite food being the biggest subsector of Australia’s manufacturing industry, it receives almost three times less in government support than car manufacturing, according to the latest Productivity Commission review.
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