Bureau Veritas has launched a digital service to help food retailers and restaurateurs manage food safety and operations. [ + ]

Research from Italy (where else?) has shown that, contrary to popular belief, pasta is not linked to obesity and is in fact associated with a reduced likelihood of general and abdominal obesity. [ + ]

Cheese sales are gradually declining, but some consumers remain highly loyal, according to research from Roy Morgan. [ + ]

The AIP will present a half-day training course on 'Owning It: A Creative's Guide to Copyright, Contracts and the Law' for Australians working in creative industries and running their own businesses. [ + ]

A study has evaluated the emerging technologies that can help consumers and exporters validate the authenticity of agricultural products. [ + ]

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued a warning to consumers about a possible link between Salmonella and rockmelons. [ + ]

Fonterra Australia is consolidating its Australian distribution network and six warehouses under one facility in Melbourne. [ + ]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will transfer the food packaging machinery operations currently performed by Nagoya-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Food & Packaging Machinery Co to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems, located in Kobe. [ + ]

International packaging company Orora is increasing its New Zealand manufacturing capabilities, with an injection of more than $25 million in its three key sites in Christchurch, Hastings and Auckland. [ + ]

Freedom Foods has reached an agreement with Woolworths Supermarkets for the supply of a significant component of Woolworths' own-label UHT dairy milk range commencing in late 2016. [ + ]

Can music change the way we taste? [ + ]

Two Australian scientists have called for radical rethinking of the way we measure the health impacts of the human diet. [ + ]

Many popular sour lollies have the potential to cause permanent damage to tooth enamel as well as burns, ulceration and bleeding to tongues and gums. [ + ]

California-based company Munchkin has launched its Munchkin Grass Fed infant formula in Australia. [ + ]

Kitchenware retailer Kitchen Warehouse says its customers have been buying up deep fryers, griddles and smoker boxes to create classic recipes from the USA in their own homes. [ + ]