Nestlé Health Science and Aimmune have entered into a collaboration to accelerate the development of oral immunotherapy biologics designed to desensitise people with food allergies and protect them from the consequences of accidental exposure. [ + ]

ISO has just released Guidance for SMEs using ISO 9001 for quality management. The publication includes a step-by-step guide to implementing a QMS, providing sector-specific examples for different types of small businesses, such as consultancies, manufacturers and distributors. [ + ]

Competition between milk processors, contracts between processors and farmers, global supply markets and the profitability of dairy farms will all be examined by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over the next 12 months under directions from the Australian Government. [ + ]

Last month, a self-driving truck shipped a commercial cargo of Budweiser beer more than 190 km across Colorado in the US. This was the first time in history that a self-driving vehicle has shipped commercial cargo. But is this the near future for deliveries? [ + ]

'THE NETWORK' is an international network of processing and packaging trade shows that the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA), via its exhibition, AUSPACK, has joined. [ + ]

With the world's population set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, US biotech company ZIVO Bioscience is counting on its optimised, proprietary strain of algae to meet the growing need for protein, without damaging the environment. [ + ]

The global market for ready-to-use therapeutic food is currently experiencing solid growth, driven in part by increasing global disasters and emergencies and the fight against childhood death from malnutrition. [ + ]

Australian crowdfunding platform ReadyFundGo has launched a campaign on behalf of Aussie Food To You, an app that will enable farmers to sell directly to the public. [ + ]

Wacker Chemie AG has opened a new food laboratory in Singapore, dedicated to innovative food ingredients, dietary supplements and gum base applications. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a Statement of Issues on the proposed merger of The Dow Chemical Company and DuPont. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

DuPont Packaging has opened entries for the DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation. [ + ]

CSIRO and Porifera will present a showcase of forward osmosis technology at the CSIRO's food innovation centre in Werribee, Victoria. [ + ]

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. [ + ]