Industry News
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. [ + ]
Horticulture Code of Conduct needs "significant" changes: ACCC
A report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has highlighted the Horticulture Code of Conduct as an area of particular concern in the horticulture and viticulture industries. [ + ]
Are you looking for Asian export opportunities?
The Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) will coordinate the second Australian Pavilion at ProPak Asia 2017, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 14–17 June. [ + ]
IoT standards for M2M communications
The potential of the Internet of Things has been advanced with the publication of a new set of specifications by oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine communications and the IoT. [ + ]
