Industry News
Machine vision software workshop
Adept Turnkey is holding a free workshop to demonstrate the different types of machine vision software, discussing their strengths, weaknesses and how to use them to build applications. [ + ]
ACCC releases statement on Dow and DuPont merger
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a Statement of Issues on the proposed merger of The Dow Chemical Company and DuPont. [ + ]
Award recognises Wiley's work with Foodbank
Wiley has been awarded the Foodbank 2016 'Purple Light Bulb' Award for helping to illuminate the issue of hunger in Australia through its support of the Foodbank Hunger Report. [ + ]
Entries open for DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation
DuPont Packaging has opened entries for the DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation. [ + ]
Learn about forward osmosis technology
CSIRO and Porifera will present a showcase of forward osmosis technology at the CSIRO's food innovation centre in Werribee, Victoria. [ + ]
The colour of food packaging tells its own story
Do you want your product to look health-giving or decadent or economical? How do you convey this message to consumers when all they see is the packaging? The answer to this is through colour. [ + ]
World’s largest indoor salmon hatchery
The world's largest indoor salmon aquaculture facility will be built in Newfoundland, Canada, for Norwegian company Grieg NL. [ + ]
Food tech prize won by kitchen-sharing platform
Top honour at the FoodBytes! event was awarded to food tech start-up Sprout Kitchens. [ + ]
FSANZ calls for submission on sweeteners, pig antibiotics
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on two applications. [ + ]
Calculating the environmental cost of a meal
Researchers from RMIT and Lancaster University have produced a carbon footprint 'league table' for fresh food. [ + ]
Do sugar taxes work?
Residents of four US cities will be voting on whether to tax soft drink and other sugar-sweetened beverages. An economist who studied a similar tax says that prices might rise by only half that amount, or even less. [ + ]
General Mills restructuring in Australia
General Mills is closing its pasta sauce and ready meals manufacturing facility in Mount Waverley. [ + ]
World wine prices — how does Australia compare?
Australia was ranked as the 39th most expensive country in which to buy wine in the 2016 Wine Price Index, released by motorhome rental platform SHAREaCAMPER. [ + ]
Robot assists with agritech field experiments
A mobile robot will help scientists at a UK university to conduct agricultural experiments in the field. [ + ]
Polysorbate slows E. coli toxin production
Stopping E. coli from producing Shiga toxin could be as simple as using polysorbate to disrupt the biofilm. [ + ]
