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Size matters - Australia's largest food palletising solution
The new George Weston Foods production facility in Castlemaine, Victoria, is now home to Australia's largest robotic palletising system, featuring 16 ABB palletising robots. [ + ]
Sweet or sour? The forecast ups and downs of the Australian sugar industry
Wilmar International and MSF Sugar's announcements that they will no longer export through Queensland Sugar Limited is likely to have a significant impact on the Australian sugar supply chain - but it's not all bad news for the sugar industry. [ + ]
Making a meal of GM food labelling
In this final instalment of GM in Australia - a series looking at the facts, ethics, regulations and research into genetically modified crops - Heather Bray and Rachel Ankeny explore the murky world of food labelling. [ + ]
Suck it up - vacuum packing fresh meat
The vacuum pump remains at the heart of every packaging machine. The quality of the vacuum pump largely defines the quality of the packaging machine and, therefore, the quality of the packaging.
[ + ]Sparkling success in the Hunter Valley
Peterson House turned to Raymax Applications to offer their customers the ability to trace every bottle of sparkling wine throughout the distribution process right to the end consumer.
[ + ]Compressors supply pure, oil-free air to nutritional supplement manufacturer
Atlas Copco compressors provide nutritional supplement manufacturer with the pure, oil-free air required during fermentation.
[ + ]Traffic light labels get the green light
The embattled Health Star Rating (HSR) system has received yet another blow to its credibility after new research has suggested that not only is the HSR system confusing to consumers, so too is the existing Daily Intake Guide system. [ + ]
Enhanced wholegrains: nature's best superfood
With consumers becoming increasingly health conscious, the demand for cereal and bread products with wholegrains will continue to increase - placing pressure on food manufacturers to incorporate new superfoods in their products to keep up with consumer demands.
[ + ]If only they used HACCP - US food safety moving from reaction to prevention
In the US, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will fundamentally change food safety for food processors as the focus will shift from reacting to contamination incidents to preventing such incidents.
[ + ]After three-year saga, health star rating labels finally ready to go
Assistant health minister Fiona Nash has announced that Australian and New Zealand ministers responsible for food policy and regulation have signed off on the health star rating system for front-of-pack labelling. [ + ]
Ripe returns
Avocados are not traditionally part of the Asian diet, but with markets in this region showing enormous growth potential, Carwyn Williams, director of Southern Produce at avocado exporting company Avanza, explains how the company has taken a pioneering approach to getting its avocados into Thailand. [ + ]
Setting the standards: who regulates Australian GM food?
In this second instalment of GM in Australia - a series looking at the facts, ethics, regulations and research into genetically modified crops - David Tribe walks us through the bodies responsible for GM policy and oversight.
[ + ]Test run equipment before purchase
A new test facility in the Netherlands is allowing food processors to test their production methods to see if the proposed improvements in efficiency and quality can be realised. [ + ]
Choose the chicken not the egg if you want to make money
While egg farmers face fluctuating input costs and low margins, the profit received by poultry meat farmers is claimed to be higher and more stable.
[ + ]Big bottoms or big bottom lines in the US?
How can the food industry maximise its sales and yet simultaneously appear to support public health initiatives to combat obesity? [ + ]