AUSVEG and PMA Australia-New Zealand Limited have announced the details of their joint convention. [ + ]

October has been declared the month of 'nude food', with Australian schools encouraged to eliminate unnecessary packaging to better both their own health and the health of the planet. [ + ]

Australia and China have announced a grains biosecurity research centre partnership. [ + ]

Kangaroo meat distributor Macro Meats is planning to establish a processing plant in Europe to target the home cooking market. [ + ]

Tetra Pak sees future growth opportunities for 100% juice products despite global economic slowdown and the debate around sugar. [ + ]

Food processing and packaging supplier tna has expanded its team in Asia with the appointments of a new customer service and logistics coordinator, project manager and technical support engineer. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Sydney have identified widespread bias in industry-funded research into artificial sweeteners which overstated their health benefits. [ + ]

Theme park visitors will be able to skip the food queues this summer after Australian start-up and mobile commerce technology company AirService partnered with Village Roadshow Theme Parks to provide its mobile ordering and virtual queuing solution in the group's Australian theme parks. [ + ]

A new program will assist and accelerate growth for start-up food businesses and value-adding agribusinesses in South Australia. [ + ]

AUSVEG and PMA Australia-New Zealand Limited (PMA-ANZ) have agreed to present a joint industry conference and trade show in 2017. [ + ]

A report by JAMA Internal Medicine suggests the sugar industry sponsored research to influence the scientific debate to cast doubt on the hazards of sugar and to promote dietary fat as the culprit in heart disease. [ + ]

Brands are increasingly launching products for consumption at particular times of the day, according to research by consumer insight firm Canadean. [ + ]

The Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association will be well represented at Foodtech Packtech 2016, with 24 of its member companies heading to New Zealand. [ + ]

A healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three school years, according to a study from Finland. [ + ]

Now is the time to register for the 23rd Australian HACCP Conference, with a 15% discount available on full conference package tickets. [ + ]