Honeywell is alleging that Code Corp infringed its patents regarding the speed and ease of use of barcode readers. [ + ]

A series of public forums is being held across the country so dairy farmers can share any concerns they may have about competition and fair trading directly with Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) commissioners. [ + ]

Beef patties or duct-taped packages of cocaine? [ + ]

Demand for industrial dryers in the food and pharmaceutical industry is expected to influence the overall growth of the industrial dryers market in the near future. [ + ]

US flour-milling and ingredient company Ardent Mills is joining US not-for-profit Partners in Food Solutions in an effort to improve food security, nutrition and economic development across Africa, where the population is expected to double by 2050. [ + ]

Starch is only produced by plants and algae, but now, researchers at ETH Zurich have produced starch in yeast — the first time this has been achieved in a non-plant organism. [ + ]

The FDA has released a draft guidance on the control of Listeria monocytogenes for companies manufacturing, processing, packing or holding ready-to-eat (RTE) foods. [ + ]

In an enforceable undertaking given to the ACCC, Spencers has undertaken to obtain annual testing of its oregano product by an internationally accredited testing laboratory, as well as testing of random samples of its other herbs and spices products for a period of three years. [ + ]

Wine Australia has announced a six-year, $5.3 million investment in new research and development projects that will look at Australia's unique terroirs and how they influence wine style and quality. [ + ]

Givaudan has acquired Activ International, a Swiss-based company that specialises in natural and organic flavours, marine extracts, seafood and vegetable based culinary solutions. [ + ]

A baseline snapshot of the added sugars in packaged products commonly found in grocery stores in Canada has revealed that two-thirds of the items contained at least one added sugar — and who's to say that Australian food would be any less sweet? [ + ]

The human jawbone is now by far the most destructive implement on the planet. It's wrecking soil and water, clearing forests, emptying oceans of fish and destroying wildlife as never before — but few people realise it because of long industrial food chains that hide the damage from them. [ + ]

After admitting that it shipped contaminated Peter Pan and private label peanut butter during a 2006–2007 nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis, ConAgra Grocery Products has agreed to pay a criminal fine of $8 million and the forfeiture of $3.2 million of assets — the largest food safety-related fine in history. [ + ]

Result Grоuр has entered into a strategic dіѕtrіbutіоn agreement with German manufacturer cab to distribute its range of desktop label printers, label dispensers and print and apply systems. [ + ]

Time is running out to apply for the ninth annual APPMA Scholarship program. [ + ]