Applications open next month for a $2m grants program, which is designed to help smaller suppliers of fresh produce get a better deal when selling to supermarkets. [ + ]

The 2025 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards have been announced, with Meadowbank Wines scooping up two trophies for its 2024 Pinot Noir. [ + ]

Producing over 20 million serves of pasta each year, Australian-owned and family-run Roma Foods takes time out to reflect on more than seven decades in operation. [ + ]

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' first RVM has opened in Moorabbin, with others planned across Australia to help boost recycling points for beverage container recycling. [ + ]

An international food manufacturer plans to establish its first Australian 24 h production facility in the Wimmera region, for making frozen fries from Aussie produce. [ + ]

Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut is partnering with food-tech innovator Planet A Foods to help scale the production of alternative chocolate options. [ + ]

The company was fined in the District Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW. [ + ]

During 2024–25, Food Standards Australia New Zealand supported 87 food recalls, 10 food safety issues, and also approved the first cell-cultured food. [ + ]

Winners of the Australian Olive Association's annual international olive product awards were announced in Adelaide on 30 October. [ + ]

From food waste sugars into natural plastic films, researchers at Monash University are creating smarter bioplastics for single-use temperature-sensitive packaging applications. [ + ]

Food Ministers have agreed for the Food Regulation Standing Committee to seek feedback on developing a policy guideline on information requirements for pre-packaged food sold online. [ + ]

TNA Solutions will spotlight complete snack and confectionery line solutions at Gulfood Manufacturing 2025 from 4–6 November in Dubai, UAE. [ + ]

A fruit packing company has pledged to spend $340,000 to improve health and safety outcomes after a worker's hand was injured in a conveyor belt. [ + ]

Good waste reduction achievements in the beef processing sector have been highlighted in the Australian beef industry's 2025 ABSF Annual Update. [ + ]

Fonterra farmers have given strong support to sell the co-op's global consumer businesses, Mainland Group, to Lactalis, with over 88% supporting the divestment. [ + ]