Commercialisation of GM canola in Australia is likely to have only negligible direct impacts on the organic canola, livestock and honey industries, according to a report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).

A joint project between the University of Queensland (UQ) and Foster's to produce electricity from beer wastewater has won $140,000 from the Queensland Government's Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund.

American company Metabolix has signed a collaborative agreement with Australia's Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) to research and develop natural plastics directly in sugarcane.

Henry van der Heyden, chairman of Fonterra Co-operative Group, exporter of dairy products, has been appointed to Rabobank's Australasian Food & Agribusiness Advisory Board.

Danisco has entered into an agreement on the divestment of Flavours to Firmenich and an enterprise value for the activities has been agreed.

In June 2007, Australian maintenance management software company, MEX will be conducting open days across Australia and New Zealand.

With AUSPACK 2007 opening tomorrow, over 200 exhibitors are busy packing their bags for what could be the largest packaging and processing exhibition ever held in Australia.

The Allergen Bureau has targeted the food industry with the launch of a website that aims to facilitate the improvement of food allergen management in Australian and New Zealand industry.

Experts who have reviewed a paper claiming a link between phthalates exposure and obesity say that the study should be taken with a large grain of salt.

A new publication on commercial beekeeping describes the unique physical and cultural environment in which Australian beekeeping is undertaken and the current demand for honey products and pollination services.

A nationwide survey in the US in April found that 72% of the American public does not know that conventional plastic is made from petroleum products and 40% believes it will biodegrade.

A European patent has been granted to DataLase for the new pigment that forms the basis of the company’s laser marking products for primary and secondary packaging – the Packmark and Casemark flexo and tape.

NSW will have a chance to enter the world of innovation and entrepreneurship as the annual Australian Innovation Festival rolls into its sixth year.

New research into the molecular basis of salty taste has been released by the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland.

Tate & Lyle has signed an agreement to acquire an 80% holding in German specialty food ingredients group G C Hahn & Co.