Industry News
Australian dairy delivers reassurance to China's parents
Camperdown Dairy International has adopted a new platform to allow Chinese consumers to check the authenticity and provenance of its products using their smartphones. [ + ]
Innovation keeps Australian pork industry competitive
Australian pork producers are competitive with most of the European Union on cost and with Canada and the USA on reproduction and feed efficiency. [ + ]
All health and nutrition claims must now meet the new standard
The transition period is over and all nutrition and health claims must meet the new standard henceforth. [ + ]
Healthier spaghetti
Spanish and Italian researchers have developed a 'super-spaghetti' of enriched pasta, enhanced with functional flours, which contains more fibre and proteins than normal pasta and helps to reduce the risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases. [ + ]
FSANZ responds to egg safety claims
FSANZ has released a statement refuting media articles which claimed that supermarkets are the 'missing link' in egg-related Salmonella protection. [ + ]
Entrained gas management webinar
IHS Engineering360 has released a webinar entitled Measurement of Liquid Media with Entrained Gas. [ + ]
Inspection Systems appointed as Detectamet distributor
Inspection Systems has been appointed as the distributor for Detectamet X-ray and metal detectable products. [ + ]
Food safety training in NSW
SAI Global has announced upcoming food safety courses in NSW. [ + ]
LRQA joins Consumer Goods Forum
Professional assurance services organisation LRQA has joined the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF). [ + ]
Last chance to nominate for 2016 ARBS awards
Nominations will shortly close for the 2016 ARBS industry awards, which recognise excellence in Australia's HVAC, refrigeration and building services industries. [ + ]
Chemicals in food study "reassuring"
A survey on packaging chemicals in food should provide reassurance for consumers, according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand. [ + ]
Lion to invest $40 million in its Perth dairy
The Bentley dairy processing plant in Perth is to be modernised as Lion Dairy & Drinks (LDD) commits to a $40m investment over the next three years, but 30 logistics roles will go as this section is outsourced. [ + ]
Great growth prospects for the global frozen ready meals market forecast
The global frozen ready meals market is expected grow from US$50 billion to US$64 billion by 2020. [ + ]
How affordable is a healthy diet?
Health policy formulators take note: a recent Spanish study has found an improvement in diet quality and better weight management were both associated with an increase in diet cost. [ + ]
Gut health, ready-to-eat meals and the US warfighter
The US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) is conducting a gut health study titled 'Effects of Meal, Ready-to-Eat consumption on gut health'. The question is how to get volunteers to eat nothing except Meals, Ready-to-Eat for 21 days. [ + ]
