Pact Group's rFresh 100 food-grade recycled plastic is now US-FDA compliant, which means new milk bottles can be manufactured with up to 100% recycled resin. [ + ]

New research from RMIT University and End Food Waste Australia has found confusing food labels are driving Australians to throw away perfectly edible food. [ + ]

Food Standards Australia New Zealand is calling for comment on an application to permit the use of a nutritive substance in infant formula products in Australia. [ + ]

Packserv has developed an Australian-made PLC twin-head filling machine, purpose-built for local small to medium-sized manufacturers. [ + ]

Food sector organisations have played a crucial role in a national food waste reduction initiative in NZ — rescuing an extra 12,000 meals per day for people in need. [ + ]

The upgraded facility, developed in collaboration with Aerofloat and McNab, is designed to support expanding production capacity for McCormick's herb and spice range. [ + ]

Scientist working towards perfecting the taste of lab-grown 'cultured' meat are a step closer to the real 'beefy' flavour thanks to their work with amino acids. [ + ]

The Treasury Wine Estates winemaking facility features the latest technology to remove alcohol and patent-pending processes to lock in flavour and aroma. [ + ]

100% Australian farmer-owned dairy co-operative, Norco, is partnering with local communities to celebrate a significant milestone — 130 years of operation. [ + ]

In the lead-up to World Food Safety Day, New Zealand Food Safety has released a report that shows systems at work to resolve the biggest food safety event in 2024. [ + ]

Automated fruit picking has long been a technical challenge, but now a new human–robot collaboration model is set to help using a simple wave. [ + ]

Cargill has agreed to acquire all the Teys family shareholdings, increasing its ownership stake to 100% of Teys Australia and Teys USA. [ + ]

Hort Innovation will be presenting some curious confections at this year’s Hort Connections, which starts on today at the Brisbane Convention Centre. [ + ]

Heat and Control has announced the acquisition of Fabcon Food Systems, a provider of bespoke processing and handling equipment systems for the food industry. [ + ]

CSIRO's report into Australia's food system indicates there are some challenges that need to be addressed, even though the current system is feeding around 100 million people. [ + ]