Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has welcomed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as a win for Australia's agriculture, food, fishery and forestry sectors. [ + ]

Import conditions for Fijian ginger will soon be reviewed by the Department of Agriculture. The review was recommended in a document published in January 2013, and had originally been scheduled to take place twelve months after the commencement of trade. [ + ]

Cheap electronic circuits printed with eco-friendly materials could take the guesswork out of knowing whether milk is actually out of date or whether it has a day or two left - no smelling required. [ + ]

Fruit juice is losing favour with Australians, with more than 1.5 million fewer Australians drinking packaged fruit juice each week than in 2010, new data from Roy Morgan Research shows. [ + ]

Australia's beef, dairy and wine producers need to consider whether they are well positioned to take their place on the world stage as premium providers to the Chinese market, says Grant Thornton National Head of Food & Beverage Tony Pititto. [ + ]

Nestlé has unveiled the final stage of the expansion of its Smithtown factory on the NSW mid-north coast, which includes new facilities to house state-of-the-art technology that is rumoured to be the first of its kind in Australia. [ + ]

'Chicken juice' is the key to understanding the persistence of Campylobacter in food processing environments, a new study from the Institute of Food Research has shown. [ + ]

Gluten-free claims will no longer be permitted on alcohol products once the nutrition and health claims standard becomes mandatory in 2016. However, FSANZ has put forward a proposal that seeks to ensure that gluten-free claims can still be used on alcohol products. [ + ]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is urging the egg industry to review its free-range claims after a free-range egg producer was fined $300,000 for falsely labelling its eggs as 'free range'. [ + ]

Do FMCG executives have it wrong when it comes to predicting what consumers want? According to new research from Canadean, yes. [ + ]

Rod Sims says the ACCC has not found evidence that Australian growers were unfairly pressured by Woolworths to contribute a 40-cent levy per crate of produce supplied to fund a marketing campaign. However, AUSVEG maintains that these claims are true. [ + ]

Researchers say that, when teenagers are physically active, short-term, moderate consumption of high-fructose and high-glucose beverages may not be as unhealthy as previously thought. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a low-cost 'e-tongue', an electronic 'tongue' that could one day sample food and drinks to check for quality before they hit the shelves - or even monitor water for pollutants. [ + ]

FSANZ is seeking information about how the migration of chemicals from packaging into food is currently being managed by industry - particularly smaller operators. [ + ]

A recent study shows that a company's socially responsible behaviour may lead consumers to incorrectly assume that its products are healthy. [ + ]