A video showing Israeli abattoir workers poking cattle in the eyes and genitals with an electric prodder has reignited the live export debate in Australia.
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Government and beef industry unite to control Bovine Johne’s disease
Industry and government are on the same page when it comes to the management of Bovine Johne's disease, said Queensland's minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, John McVeigh.
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Mixed reaction on new health labelling laws
Proposals to enact new stricter labelling laws have provoked a mixed response from food manufacturers and lobby groups.
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Mixed reaction on new health labelling laws
Proposals to enact new stricter labelling laws have provoked a mixed response from food manufacturers and lobby groups.
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PM announces future focus on food manufacturing
The Gillard government yesterday announced a range of measures to bolster the strength of Australia's manufacturing industry, and food manufacturing was not forgotten.
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How much is your supply chain’s carbon costing you?
Regardless of where your company is positioned in the food and beverage supply chain, the old saying “information is power” is still valid. Carbon prices are another area of business which managers need to understand to ensure the competitiveness and viability of their brand.
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Striking workers want bigger piece of the pie
Workers at western Sydney pie factory, Sargent's Pies, have gone on strike, calling for a 99 cent per hour pay rise.
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Farmers spray riot police with milk
Angry dairy farmers in Brussels have sprayed riot police with a fire hose full of milk to protest unfair pricing systems they say are putting farmers out of business.
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Food brands famed and shamed at advertising awards [videos]
Kellogg's, Hungry Jack's and Chupa Chups have had their digital advertising slammed by advocacy group, The Parents' Jury, with each taking out a title at the recent Fame and Shame Awards.
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Food for thought: key challenges for our industry
Australia is well into deficit when it comes to its food processing trade, with total industry output dipping 4.5 percent for 2010-11 and the number of employees down by 2.2 percent. So why are things in such an apparently bad way?
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TAS government considers sweet deal with Cadbury
The Tasmanian government and Cadbury are in talks to help boost visitor attractions at the chocolate company's Claremont plant.
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Trademark loophole leads to misleading health claims: Choice
Food manufacturers are able to market their products as being fresh, healthy or natural when this may not be the case, a Choice study has found.
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TAS farmers now have a voice on prohibitive exporting conditions
Jan Davis from the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association is now part of the new Freight Logistics Co-Ordination Team and will help to overcome restrictive exporting conditions.
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Police expected to end Coles warehouse strike
Victorian police are expected to be called in to end the blockade outside the Coles Sommerton warehouse.
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UK govt spending £5 million on improving dairy industry
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the government will spend £5 million (AU$7.6 million) on a program to improve competitiveness for dairy farmers.
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Industry-sponsored self-regulation: it’s just not cricket
The world keeps getting fatter and no country has yet successfully managed to reduce adult rates of overweight and obesity.
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Brumby’s apologises for telling outlets to blame price rises on carbon tax
National bakery chain, Brumby’s, has issues an apology, after internal documents were leaked to the media, showing the company instructed outlets to significantly raise prices of products and blame the carbon tax.
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Victoria failing on alcohol policies: Auditor-General
The number of alcohol-related assaults in Victoria have risen rose by almost since 2001, while the number of ambulance attendances to deal with incidents related to alcohol more than tripled.
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Mapping Australia’s collective weight gain
In Australia today, around two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. This is a dramatic change from the landscape just 30 years ago when we first collected national data on weight and height.
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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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