Fonterra has completed a partial tender offer to acquire 18.8% of Beingmate Baby & Child Food Company, a leading Chinese infant formula manufacturer. [ + ]

Worldwide consumer demand for miniature Rockit apples has grown 700% since 2013, leading Havelock North Fruit Company to invest $17 million in a state-of-the-art food packaging facility in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Goodman Fielder has announced Scott Weitemeyer as its new CEO after the resignation of Scott Delaney. The announcement comes as the acquisition of the company by Wilmar International and First Pacific settles. [ + ]

The 2015 APPMA Member Directory contains all the relevant information on the 97 APPMA member companies, their products and the brands they represent. [ + ]

The iconic Brisbane Produce Market trading floor in Rocklea, which trades more than one billion dollars' worth of fresh produce annually, is undertaking a $10 million roofing project. [ + ]

After strong interest from investors, Betta Foods' administrators Cor Cordis have found a buyer for the struggling company. The sale to Prydes Confectionery Holdings settled on Friday, 13 March. [ + ]

Health groups have called for clearer labelling on breakfast cereals, following a survey which showed that some popular brands are promoting health claims on their packaging despite containing high levels of sugar.

Research by Roy Morgan has found that Australians' taste for dairy treats changes with age. [ + ]

Representatives from TOMRA Sorting Food will be on hand at AUSPACK 2015 to advise visitors about the organisation's range of sensor-based sorting and peeling systems. [ + ]

AUSPACK 2015 opens its doors on Tuesday, 24 March, so now is the time to start planning which stands you will visit. [ + ]

Australian food manufacturer The Food Company has been awarded a Good Egg Award from the RSPCA for its decision to switch to cage-free eggs in its products. [ + ]

Increasing the shelf life of certain foods by just one extra day could prevent around 250,000 tonnes of food going to waste each year, according to British sustainability organisation WRAP. [ + ]

'Traffic light' nutrition labels are most effective in helping consumers' self-control, researchers have discovered. Using a brain scanner, researchers found the labels were more effective in helping consumers resist high-calorie foods than purely information-based labels. [ + ]

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) recommendation that daily sugar intake be less than 5% is "unsubstantiated and unsustainable", according to the Australian Beverages Council. [ + ]

The Victorian Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, Adem Somyurek, will officially open the 30th anniversary AUSPACK on 24 March. [ + ]