Product names and brands often contain the word 'healthy' and 'healthy' is often splashed across packaging and advertising — but what does 'healthy' mean? [ + ]

There's a plethora of certification schemes that provide insurance for product claims, such as for: palm oil, sustainable fisheries, fair trade coffee and sustainable forestry — but packaging hasn't had standardised evidence-based schemes. [ + ]

Cyanotoxin contamination is becoming more common across the world as the toxin bioaccumulates in freshwater fish and other aquatic plants and animals. [ + ]

How to create a thorough, effective and paperless HACCP system. [ + ]

Installing solar panels with battery backup has meant Cape Jaffa Wines is carbon neutral for at least nine months each year. [ + ]

A new, Australian-developed scanning technology system that provides concise information about a carcase, including the amount of meat, fat and bone, offers efficiency and productivity gains. MLA has already announced plans to install the technology at meat processing facilities across the country. [ + ]

Amazon's purchase of the Whole Foods grocery chain is sending shivers up the spines of the Australian food and grocery market. But should it? Will it impact the ready meals market in Australia? [ + ]

Machine vision is increasingly being incorporated into industrial processes as the low-cost, easy-to-use systems are often a good option for those looking to streamline automated manufacturing. [ + ]

In the scope of the Paris climate protection agreement, Germany has committed itself to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 by 55% compared to the level of 1990. Only two things can help here: designing the processes as energy-saving and efficiently as possible and relying on renewable energy. Which technologies do the food and beverage manufacturers need to reduce the consumption of energy in the production processes? [ + ]

Want to increase sales overall or consumption of certain foods? It could all get down to your product names and descriptions. [ + ]

When health and safety is done well, it is not a business overhead but a facilitator of continuous improvement practices that add value to the business. [ + ]

A prevailing trend in the cold chain is the focus on quality and product sensitivity. With an increase in demand for premium products, shippers must maintain the integrity of these loads. [ + ]

What is information-driven manufacturing it? Who's it for? How can you start? This quick Q&A gets down to basics. [ + ]

Soft shelled turtles, which are farmed for human consumption in China, are now strongly implicated for spreading cholera. [ + ]

A pasta industry more than 15,000 km from Italy is thriving thanks to a collaboration between farmers, durum wheat researchers and a major food manufacturer. [ + ]