Do you want to delve into the history of packaging while you catalogue items for an online packaging history database? [ + ]

Food processing began with our earliest ancestors, who used tools to cut down on the rigorous chewing required to consume food in the hundreds of millennia before fire — and thence cooking — was discovered. [ + ]

The ACCC has announced an increased focus on agriculture, including investigations into supply chains, regional workshops and advocacy. [ + ]

Reduced food availability will prompt changes to diet — such as reductions in fruit and vegetable intake — that could cause twice as many deaths as undernutrition, according to a study published in The Lancet. [ + ]

Australian R&D company PotatoMagic has developed a process that turns potato into a functional food base that melts like cheese when heated. [ + ]

Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric has been named among the 2016 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations. [ + ]

Did you know that Australia currently has more Salmonella outbreaks than any other country? [ + ]

Australian hunger relief organisation Foodbank has partnered with Thomas Foods International and Fletcher International Exports to expand the Foodbank Meat Program. [ + ]

The NSW Food Authority publishes a fact sheet on food audits. [ + ]

A shot of beetroot juice could be a natural performance enhancer for elite athletes, according to Australian researchers. [ + ]

A study has found that labelling shelves with simple emoji-style faces resulted in kids making healthier food choices. [ + ]

Banning GMOs in the United States could result in higher food prices, a boost in greenhouse gas emissions and major loss of forest and pasture land, a study has shown. [ + ]

Melbourne-based antipasto manufacturer Pronto e Fresco has entered voluntary administration. [ + ]

A world-first technology, developed in Australia, and recently upgraded, could provide innovation opportunities for the food and beverage market, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. [ + ]

Toshiba Corporation has launched a portable, desktop electrolysed functional water generator that produces hypochlorous acid water. [ + ]