The National Food Industry Strategy’s (NFIS) Food Innovation Grants (FIG) Program plays an important part in encouraging innovation by Australian food industry businesses, NFIS managing director, Dr Susan Nelle said recently.

Food Science Australia and the national Cold Chain Centre (CCC) in Adelaide have joined forces to help reduce the estimated $20 billion lost globally as a result of the spoilage of perishable foods during storage and transportation.

The Victorian food industry has tantalised the tastebuds of visiting US speciality food buyers during a three day tour of the state starting in Melbourne recently.

Australia has a new, national benchmark for certifying food safety auditors.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited public comment on the latest changes being proposed to the Food Standards Code – regulations that cover the content, labelling and handling of food throughout the supply chain.

Supermarkets, florists and even pharmacists may soon have a better way to monitor the quality of the products they get from suppliers: a sensor that will tell how long before a product spoils or passes its expiration date.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by Standards Australia and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to work closer in developing food standards in Australia.

During the past two years, scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, the Technische Universität Dresden/Germany and the Zittauer Fruchtveredlungs GmbH (ZIFRU) have been testing how dried food can be processed gently as to preserve as many vitamins and secondary plant compounds as possible.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has launched a new guide on country of origin food labelling.

Vital health and environmental issues such as food security and sustainable development are to be addressed after the European Science Foundation recently accepted a proposal for a new Forward Look that aims to create a broad research agenda focusing on all aspects of food systems.

MSc's 10th interactive technology and training conference will take the shape of Reliability Week 2006, when it is held 5-7 April 2006.

Ricotta cheese could provide Commonwealth Games athletes with an alternative to the ‘rocket fuel and designer drinks’ now popular with muscle men, gym junkies and fitness fanatics.

Japan has ended its decades-old ban on the import of US fresh potatoes, US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced recently.

Salmon is rich in essential fatty acids, in particular the Omega-3 family of fatty acids. The description 'essential' means that the body cannot synthesise or can only synthesise limited amounts of the substance in question.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has extended to 31 March the period for comment on new proposals for a health claims standard that would allow disease risk reduction claims on food labelling.