Industry News
A2 Corporation to expand its operations into the UK and Ireland
A2C has entered into agreements to establish a sales and marketing joint venture in association with leading UK dairy company Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC.
[ + ]$236,000 fine plus legal costs for company supplying Listeria-contaminated chicken
The company that supplied the precooked chicken used in Virgin Blue's inflight wraps in 2008/09 has been fined more than a quarter of a million dollars in a NSW Local Court. For the first time in Australia DNA evidence was used to establish that the precooked chicken was the source of Listeria monocytogenes that resulted in 29 confirmed cases of listeriosis among the airline's passengers.
[ + ]Global food safety improvements supported by Waters, Mars and USAID
Waters Corporation, Mars and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have jointly pledged $1 million to create the first-ever Global Food Safety Capacity Building fund. To be managed by the World Bank, the proposed fund will support global food safety improvements through expanded understanding of food safety standards and best practices throughout the food safety system, from farm to fork.
[ + ]CSIRO microencapsulation workshop
A CSIRO microencapsulation workshop will be held at its Food and Nutritional Science facility at Werribee, Victoria, in December.
[ + ]A million litres of milk for Australians in need
Foodbank and the Australian dairy industry have collaborated on a new program to provide one million litres of milk to people in need.
[ + ]Omega-3 reduced anxiety and inflammation in healthy students
A recent study gauging the impact of consuming more fish oil showed a marked reduction both in inflammation and, surprisingly, anxiety among a group of healthy young people.
[ + ]Australasian regional food cultures and networks conference
The term 'paddock to plate' has been gaining currency in the Australian psyche in recent years as consumers put more emphasis on wanting to know where their food comes from.
[ + ]IMCD Group opens Singapore headquarters
IMCD Group is opening its regional headquarters in Singapore and appointing a new Vice President.
[ + ]nRVA monitors starch behaviour
An Australian invention, which monitors the behaviour of starches as they are cooked, could revolutionise food manufacturing processes.
[ + ]Pork CRC research programs are a success
Three research programs delivered good results and played a role in innovation and new ideas for the Australian pork industry.
[ + ]ISO standard on traceability of finfish products released
ISO 12875:2011, Traceability of finfish products is a newly released standard that will help improve food safety by supplying stakeholders throughout the supply chain with accurate information about the origin and nature of these products. [ + ]
AUSPACK PLUS heads to Sydney in 2013
One of the largest biennial packaging and processing machinery and materials exhibition in Australia, AUSPACK PLUS, will be heading to the Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney Olympic Park, from 7 to 10 May 2013.
[ + ]O-I partners with RMIT in glass cider bottle design
Responding to cider’s recent growth in popularity among Australian consumers, leading glass packaging manufacturer Owens-Illinois (OI) developed a design brief for a 500 mL glass cider bottle. The brief was presented to first-year industrial design students at Melbourne’s RMIT University. It included a number of guidelines such as the need to produce a bottle suitable for high-speed production and filling lines, and an area for applying a label and branding and mandatory information. [ + ]