Industry News
Anuga FoodTec visitors up 25% from 2009 event
Anuga FoodTec 2012 posted its best event result to date, with visitor numbers up 25% from the last FoodTec. More than 42,000 trade visitors from 131 countries attended the trade fair. [ + ]
AUSVEG Road Show offers fruit fly treatment alternatives
AUSVEG, the national peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable and potato growers, has announced that it is running an Education Road Show that will feature seminars on alternative fruit fly treatments. [ + ]
Eggs can be raw and risky, says FSANZ
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued a media release regarding food safety while handling eggs this Easter. [ + ]
Coca-Cola opens its 42nd Chinese bottling plant
The Coca-Cola Company has continued its investment in China, opening Coca-Cola China’s 42nd bottling plant on 29 March. [ + ]
ACCC will not oppose Aperio takeover
The ACCC has said it will not intervene in Amcor’s proposed acquisition of flexible packaging company Aperio. [ + ]
Tate & Lyle launches dedicated website for beverage manufacturers
Tate & Lyle has launched a dedicated website for beverage manufacturers. The company says the website is intended to be a “one-stop shop for innovation” for beverage manufacturers. [ + ]
The death of offline analytics
Quality by design rather than by testing. Many labs are moving onto the process line but this does not mean the end of the food lab. [ + ]
Pill to remove radiation from beverages
Scientists have developed a capsule that can remove radiation and heavy metals from beverages. [ + ]
Code could be altered to address nutritive substance and novel food regulation
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released a consultation paper on a proposed approach that could see changes to the way nutritive substances and novel foods are regulated. [ + ]
Cool pasteurisation is hot news at Anuga Food Tec
The most significant addition to food and beverage processing technologies at Anuga Food Tec would have to be cold pasteurisation. [ + ]
PMMI at Anuga
Today at Anuga Food Tec, President and CEO of PMMI Charles Yuska discussed “trends and issues affecting the global food chain”. This turned out to be a truly time-warped, US-centric experience. [ + ]
A case for better packaging
Gerlof Toenhake, the Marketing Director of Ball Packaging Europe, gave an interesting talk at Anuga 2012 on why more packaging, especially cans, could be good for the environment. [ + ]
Cheese culture may increase output by 4%, claims DuPont
DuPont claims to have created starter cultures that may help quark and fresh cheese manufacturers increase their output by up to 4% by allowing businesses to extract more curd from the milk than other cultures. [ + ]
FSANZ calls for submissions on minor meat species proposal
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a proposal relating to minor meat species and wild game. The proposal looks at possible food safety measures for producers and processors of animals such as kangaroo, crocodile, rabbit, ostrich and emu. [ + ]
Owens Corning releases glass fibre solution for changing EC regulations
To help kitchen appliance and food processing equipment manufacturers comply with new EC regulations for glass fibre sizing, Owens Corning has developed FoodContact, a glass fibre solution for reinforced plastic. [ + ]