Global catering provider Sodexo has partnered with WWF-UK to create 'Green & Lean', a healthier and more sustainable range of menu choices with a reduced environmental impact. [ + ]

Israel-based Algatechnologies has joined the FoodConnects consortium, a European Institute of Innovation & Technology Knowledge and Innovation Community comprising 50 leading companies, universities and scientific partners covering the entire food value chain. [ + ]

A partnership between food relief agency Foodbank and food businesses Manildra Group, MSM Milling, Rinoldi Pasta and Simplot Australia has delivered 40 million meals to people in need. [ + ]

The Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC) has had a year of considerable achievement, as reported at its 2016 AGM and stakeholders' meeting. [ + ]

Nordic Wildfish has been working with the research company SINTEF to find ways to utilise the entire fish in its hauls of cod, pollock and haddock. [ + ]

With an 850% increase in cider consumption in the last five years, the time is ripe for finding how to manipulate cider quality in the orchard. [ + ]

The AIP and the APPMA are currently at the planning stage for the 2017 National Technical Forums, set to be held during Packaging & Processing Week from 6–10 March 2017. [ + ]

The Australian Made, Australian Grown logo has marked 30 years of helping businesses promote and consumers easily identify Australian products and produce. [ + ]

2017 will see AUSPACK expand to be the largest Sydney show in its history. [ + ]

A study presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting found most US colleges don't have integrated systems in place to support food-allergic students. [ + ]

The fight against childhood obesity could begin in the womb, with research finding that mothers who eat a diet that is relatively rich in protein and low in carbohydrates and fat during pregnancy have babies with less abdominal fat. [ + ]

The Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation has met in Brisbane to discuss issues such as the legalisation of hemp as food and labelling reform. [ + ]

International economic and political instability is driving disillusionment and risk in supply chains across most of the globe. [ + ]

A report in The American Journal of Medicine has found that a glass or two of red wine before lighting up a cigarette can counteract some of the short-term negative effects of smoking on blood vessels. [ + ]

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) and the Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) have established the Packaging & Processing Innovation and Design Awards for Australia. [ + ]