Who hasn’t felt nervous before an audit? There is so much pressure today on food safety professionals to accomplish successfully audits, especially when we have a big client requiring it or a certification
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Tracing every last drop of cooking oil
Oil – in all its forms, including vegetable – doesn’t have the best of reputations when it comes to sustainability and the environment. It takes a long time to break down, can have a disruptive impact
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Preparing for the future: sustainability, digitisation, and an aging workforce
Supply chain, factories of the future, Industry 4.0, and an aging manufacturing workforce – all subjects that recently have started to have an impact on the food and beverage industry. It’s no longer
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Bringing gaming to farming: augmented reality in agriculture
In what’s believed will be a world first in agriculture, researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will use popular gaming platforms, sensor technologies and next-generation data
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DuPont launches dairy-free protective cultures for plant-based fermented products
DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences has announced a new ingredient – Holdbac YM VEGE – as the latest addition to the DuPont Danisco Holdbac line of protective cultures, known for their ability to extend
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v2food and CSIRO launch plant-based meat alternative
Australia’s newest plant-based meat startup, v2food, has been launched via an innovative partnership between CSIRO, Main Sequence Ventures and Jack Cowin’s Competitive Foods Australia.
v2food is
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Nestlé expands plant-based burger range
Nestlé is expanding its plant-based food range in the US and Switzerland.
The launches come just days after Nestlé announced its ambition to achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including
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How to keep the crunch in low-fat chips
University of Queensland chemical engineers have developed a new method to analyse the physical characateristics of potato chips in a bid to develop a tastier low-fat snack.
Professor Jason Stokes said
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Digitisation makes for more productive and sustainable farming
Progressive digitisation is increasingly important in the farming industry: data-supported targeted application of fertiliser and crop protection products, soil analysis sensors and autonomous operation
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Retail robotics launched in ice-cream store in Melbourne
Niska, an Australian start-up company pioneering retail robotics, is bringing retail robotics to Australia for the first time with its ice-cream store. Scheduled to open in Melbourne this September,
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Australian scientist awarded fellowship for work in biotech solutions for food security
The CSIRO’s ON and the Menzies Foundation named three of Australia’s most innovative scientists as recipients of the 2019 Menzies Science Entrepreneurship Fellowship.
Established to support the nation’s
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Rotary Dryer Roaster for nuts and meat snacks
The latest innovation in roasting technology from Heat and Control, the Rotary Dryer Roaster (RDR), will provide snack and prepared food operators with an end-to-end solution for the dry roasting of nut,
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First pea genome to help improve crops of the future
A global team including scientists from The University of Western Australia has assembled the first genome of the field pea, which provides insight into how the legume evolved and will help aid future
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TAFE graduate loves role at AEGIC
Baking whiz and TAFE NSW student Sabrina Lim knows precisely what she needs to progress her career.
After graduating university in 2016, Sabrina landed a job as a food scientist in baking at the prestigious
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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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Research partnership established for WA grains industry
Western Australia’s grains industry is set to benefit from a $48 million scientific research partnership between the Western Australian government and the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
A
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New study examines the dangers of crop monocultures
A new study indicates that the global narrowing of diversity in crop types present major challenges for agricultural sustainability across the world.
The study, carried out by an international team of
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Study establishes new method of developing disease-resistance in crops
Researchers have pioneered a new method to rapidly recruit disease-resistance genes from wild plants for transfer into domestic crops, a technique which could revolutionise the development of disease-resistant
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Federal funding announced for aquaculture development in northern Australia
A $420,000 project funded by the federal government aims at expanding the aquaculture industry in northern Australia.
The Northern Australian Aquaculture Industry Situational Analysis has been commissioned
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ANU research uses satellite data to predict drought
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have used new space technology to predict droughts and increased bushfire risk up to five months in advance.
The ANU researchers used data from
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