A new, user-friendly food labelling guide to help food and grocery companies comply with labelling, packaging and advertising regulations in Australia has been welcomed by the Australian Food and Grocery Council.
24/06/2009
The 2010 Food Challenge Awards are now open and entries are invited from food manufacturing and packaging companies to nominate for a Sustainable Manufacturing award.
09/02/2010
The government's work programme, partnering with industry to grow New Zealand's high-value food and beverage exports, is expected to benefit New Zealand's packaging industry as demand for more and innovative packaging increases.
11/07/2007
The October 1 re-designation of 11 classes of chemically modified food starches by the Japanese Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare requires food manufacturers to label these starches as ‘food additives’.
16/10/2008
The carbon and water footprints of Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry are being reduced to safeguard the nation’s long-term food supply and to respond to climate change, a major new report by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has found.
07/01/2010
Labels on baby food in New Zealand and Australia could be changed to ensure products are not given to infants younger than six months.
11/08/2008
“No nasty stuff” and “No funny business” – is this the future language for ingredients on our food labels?
25/07/2008
A new report confirms that Australia's largest manufacturing industry - the food and grocery sector - continues to grow despite the global financial crisis says the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).
01/10/2009
Hygienic designs, food safety, HACCP and recognition of glass bottles. These are all words that confront me in my daily job as a technical manager in the Food Branch.
16/09/2009
The Australian food and beverage industry is continuing to review product formulations and processing technologies to reduce the use of salt, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).
20/05/2009
Australia’s food and grocery sector stands ready to proactively face the challenges outlined in the Federal Government’s National Preventative Health Taskforce Strategy, the Australian Food and Grocery Council says.
02/09/2009
Food poisoning outbreaks and the range of preventative measures were the focus of a major food crisis management conference in Sydney, says Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald.
04/06/2008
‘Its Crunch Time’ is the timely theme of the 42nd annual Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) Convention to be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 13 to 16 July 2009.
15/04/2009
Ever struggled to open tough plastic packaging, unscrew the lid from a jar, pull a ring pull can, twist a safety cap or squeeze contents out of a squeezable container? Imagine how it will affect you when you are older.
23/07/2009
CHEP Asia-Pacific has urged its food supply chain partners to consider sustainable distribution across the entire supply chain, not just within company boundaries, to secure the future of an increasingly fragile food supply ecosystem.
10/01/2008
Materials handling specialist Industrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd is filling a hole in the food processing sector – as a specialist and complete equipment supplier that obviates requirements for third party engineers.
23/10/2008
A new Government scheme to allow independent experts to review food safety management systems will cut red tape and costs for food businesses while maintaining food safety standards.
28/10/2009
Retail ready packaging (RRP) and sustainable distribution will be the focus of a presentation by James Tupper, ECR learning and change manager, IGD in the UK at the 2008 AIP National Conference from the 12th to 13th June.
30/11/2007
Multivac, a world leader in automated packaging systems will demonstrate a new generation of thermoform packaging machines at foopro 2008.
02/04/2008
Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs), which contain novel properties that offer potential benefits for use in food packaging, raise new safety evaluation challenges according to a new report.
27/06/2008