Over 175 Australian and New Zealand brands and retailers had the opportunity to tap into the e-commerce enabled Chinese economy at Alibaba Group's E-Commerce Expo. [ + ]

Dairy processors have been blaming their private-label milk contracts with supermarkets for the low milk prices offered to farmers, but the ACCC has said this is misleading. [ + ]

Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL) has announced its inaugural Chief Scientist and CEO is Professor John Pluske from Murdoch University. [ + ]

Magnattack Global has developed the RE80 HT Meat Emulsion & Slurry Pipeline Separator. [ + ]

A recent paper has revealed BPA and its replacements can cause similar problems in mice, and likely humans, for up to three generations. [ + ]

Less than 9% of yoghurts and only 2% of children's yoghurts were classified as low sugar and achieved the green nutrition label in the UK. [ + ]

Young, forward-thinking people with a passion for the food and agriculture industries are encouraged to apply for the evokeAG Future Young Leaders Program. [ + ]

Hum Honey Cold Fusion and Vegetarian Shiitake Dumpling & Prawn Hargow were among the winners of Fine Food Australia's 2018 Best New Product Awards. [ + ]

FSANZ is calling for comment on an application to permit potassium polyaspartate as a food additive in wine. [ + ]

In a blind taste test, consumers rated the same wine as superior when they believed it was closed with a natural cork as opposed to a screw cap or a synthetic cork. [ + ]

Foodtech Packtech is NZ's premier exhibition for food and beverage processors and it is on from Tuesday until Thursday this week in Auckland. [ + ]

Rabobank is launching the Food Loss Challenge Asia, which encourages start-ups to present their tech-based solutions to reduce food loss. [ + ]

With restructuring of Lion Dairy and Drinks over, owner Kirin Holdings has announced a strategic review with sale of the business unit one option. [ + ]

Switching to a vegetarian or pescetarian diet could reduce a country's water footprint by up to half, a European study has found. [ + ]

NPD research found consumer behaviours around food are impacted by generational values, age and life stage. [ + ]