Singapore approves cultured meat: could this be a major step forward for the cultured meat industry? [ + ]

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to allow an already approved enzyme processing aid to be produced from a new genetically modified (GM) source. [ + ]

HL Agro Products has received the BRC food safety certification for its fully automated sesame processing facility based in Kanpur, India. [ + ]

Healthier on-the-go cereal bars with 30% less sugar, the same sweet taste and more fibre are being developed by food scientists from the University of Reading. [ + ]

The ICMJ webinar will serve up a smoking good selection of Christmas treats with Butcher Wars star Shannon Walker. [ + ]

Mental health expert Graeme Cowan's manufacturing webinar provides insights to industry leaders.  [ + ]

A beverage manufacturer pleaded guilty last week to two matters involving seven breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act at its bottling and packing factory. [ + ]

Jet Technologies is celebrating 40 years of service in the industrial printing and packaging industries. [ + ]

Landcare Australia will partner with 4 Pines Brewing to enhance sustainable agriculture outcomes in the brewer's supply chain. [ + ]

Nestlé has announced it will achieve its sustainability targets ahead of schedule with a plan to focus on regenerative agriculture and moving to renewable energy. [ + ]

The Mildura-based drinks manufacturer was fined after a workplace incident where a worker's hand became trapped in an unguarded bottling machine in June 2019. [ + ]

EMBION Technologies and Asahi Group Holdings have partnered together to create new products from brewing by-products. [ + ]

Manufacturer of durable, non-stick coatings for commercial food equipment, DECO Australia has invested in a new Innovation Centre at its Minto manufacturing facility. [ + ]

New research from New Zealand Food Safety provides pregnant women with more options and certainty about what they can safely eat with updated tips to avoid foodborne illness. [ + ]

All fresh and minimally processed fruit and vegetable products will receive an automatic five-star rating under the revised Health Star Rating (HSR) plan. [ + ]