Researchers have engineered a secure marking system which creates a digital fingerprint for manufacturers to identify counterfeit products. [ + ]

Duravant, an automation and engineered equipment company, is moving further into the food processing industry with its recent acquisition of Key Technology for about US$175 million. [ + ]

In a comparison of the nutritional value of different types of milk, researchers concluded that soy milk was the best alternative to cow's milk. [ + ]

Two of the finalists for the Save Food Packaging Award at the 2018 WorldStar Packaging Awards are Australian companies Sealed Air and Woolcool Australia. [ + ]

Currently, around $270 billion worth of food is wasted each year in the US. This 63 million tons of food represents a $22.5 billion opportunity for grocery retailers according to ReFED, a multi-stakeholder non-profit organisation committed to reducing food waste. [ + ]

Vaccines used by commercial fish farmers may actually be doing more harm than good. [ + ]

Dietary fibre that promotes 'good' bacteria in the colon could prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and changes in the intestine. [ + ]

A new ASTM International Standard will provide companies with a general classification for sustainability accounting purposes and key performance indicators related to discarded materials. [ + ]

With Gabriela Emanuele returning to HAVER & BOECKER headquarters in Germany, the company has appointed Clélio Tonelli Filho as general manager of its Australian division. [ + ]

Amcor is the first global packaging company to pledge to develop all its packaging to be recyclable or re-usable by 2025. [ + ]

Are you proud of your factory performance? If so, you may want to participate in the second Factory of the Year competition. [ + ]

Putting a tax on sweetened soft drinks in an attempt to curb obesity is not as simple and straightforward as you might think. It certainly looks as if such a tax will impact alcohol sales. [ + ]

Even after steering clear of trigger foods and reading labels carefully, allergy sufferers in Australia may still be at risk of an anaphylaxis attack when consuming some prepackaged foods. [ + ]

While Australia's early season for pineapples has seen fruit rotting in piles while the cannery is closed, a different sort of pineapple crisis has been going on in Spain and Portugal. [ + ]

After joining Romaco Holding GmbH in 2011, Jörg Pieper has just been announced as CEO of the company. [ + ]