The $2.7 billion Business Tax Break, a key element of the Australian government’s $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan, gives businesses a one-off tax deduction equal to 30% of the capital cost of eligible new equipment.

The right staff have to exist before you can hire them. There is a lack of superior students choosing to enter the food industry so maybe it is time for the industry to face this issue and try to find some solutions.

To what extent did failings in regulatory oversight contribute to the salmonella outbreak that has led to the largest recall in the US and the deaths of nine people?

As energy costs climb, companies are becoming more and more interested in improving energy productivity and efficiency. Luckily there are many ways this can be cost-effectively achieved.

There is no standardised definition of how to measure how environmentally friendly a product is. This is making life difficult for companies making decisions about sustainable business practices.

Good money cannot guarantee top people in the food industry. First, top students need to choose food technology and engineering at the tertiary level — and this is not happening.

Ten of the major food safety issues facing the food industry in 2009 are nominated by Bill Marler from foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark.

Too much information on the labels of ready meals will make it too difficult for consumers to extract the information they are interested in when making purchasing decisions.

Challenges to brand understanding can lead consumers to doubt their understanding of an established brand, giving marketers the opportunity to reinvent brands.

Hygienic design of processing systems and equipment can not only reduce the risk of manufacturing contaminated food but also increase plant efficiency and cost control.

The International Food Chain Integrity and Traceability Project is project designed to achieve end-to-end supply chain system assurance.

A pandemic will devastate the food manufacturing industry with up to 50% workforce reductions forecast. But the industry will still have to supply food to the populace.

Improved operations, cost savings and lower transportation costs are the top three drivers for companies re-evaluating their secondary packaging according to the latest PMMI report. Sustainability is high on the agenda but not one of the major drivers.

Compared to a standard level measurement in liquids, the detection and measurement of interfaces have their own particular challenges, leaving many interface applications without reliable level measurements. Most popular today are the electronic or non-mechanical solutions with no moving mechanical parts which offer much higher long-term stability and low or no maintenance operation.

Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ) officially opened its multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art distribution centre in Auckland in August 2008.