Global Fresh Foods has sent its first commercial sea shipment of fresh fish to Tokyo from Chile using its fuel-cell based oxygen management system. The shipment will spend up to 33 days at sea before arriving in Japan. [ + ]

The food industry needs to collaborate more to address sustainability challenges. This was one of the key messages of the European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit. [ + ]

Nestlé has launched a youth employment initiative in Europe which will offer jobs and create thousands of apprenticeships and traineeships by 2016. [ + ]

Tetra Pak says it plans to sign an agreement with Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resins producer in the Americas, for the supply of LDPE made from sugar cane to its packaging material factories in Brazil. [ + ]

Sanitarium has defended its Up&Go liquid breakfast drink after consumer watchdog Choice called its ‘high in fibre’ claim into question in an article that critiqued the nutritional claims of liquid breakfasts. [ + ]

North American crop production has fallen behind that of Western Europe, despite US farmers using genetically modified seed and more pesticide, University of Canterbury researchers have found. [ + ]

Looking to expand dietary options for coeliacs, Joyce Irene Boye and colleagues developed a new variety of glabrous (hairless) canary seeds, which have been bred specifically for human consumption. [ + ]

A dairy company was convicted and fined $35,000 following an incident in which a worker had a finger severed in a cheese shredding machine. [ + ]

Children with autism have been found to have elevated antibodies to wheat gluten proteins compared to those without autism. However, the researchers did not find any connection between the elevated antibodies and coeliac disease. [ + ]

An Ulladulla man has been fined for threatening a NSW Food Authority officer who was conducting an inspection of a food business selling seafood from a fishing vessel. [ + ]

You’d be amazed what plants get up to at night. US researchers have found that by manipulating the circadian clocks of fruits and vegetables, they were able to improve the amount of antioxidants they contain. [ + ]

The wine industry has introduced a Bill into parliament that seeks to establish the Australian Grape and Wine Authority through the merger of the Wine Australia Corporation and Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation. [ + ]

A new publication designed to encourage businesses to promote the benefits of science and innovation has been published. Inspiring industry to inspire Australia aims to improve the way Australians perceive and value science. [ + ]

Anglomoil’s Synthetic Food Grade (SFG) lubricant range has been awarded ISO 21469 certification by NSF International. [ + ]

Cost-effective strategies for control of produce contamination may become realities now that researchers have identified a variety of factors that influence the likelihood of E. coli contamination of spinach on farms prior to harvest. [ + ]