Industry News
Sage-N Research signs microbial identification agreement
Sage-N Research has signed an exclusive agreement with the US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center to license technology for microbial identification.
[ + ]UQ develops renewable organic source of omega-3
The University of Queensland is assisting an Australian agricultural-biotechnology company to harvest omega-3 oil from organically grown algae rather than fish stocks or plants.
[ + ]Presence at HK food and beverage exhibition expands sales
Participation by NSW companies at a Hong Kong food and beverage trade exhibition last month is expected to result in sales worth of $2m over the next 12 months.
[ + ]Calls for comment on horticulture paper
FSANZ has released a horticultural paper on what approaches should be taken to ensure food safety and is calling for comment from the industry.
[ + ]Heinz moves jobs from Australia to NZ
Heinz is moving its production of sauces, beetroot and some meals products from facilities in Australia to its facility in Hastings, New Zealand.
[ + ]Call to action for extended food labelling data
An extended labelling initiative for food products was launched, facilitated by the GS1 GoScan app.
[ + ]Packaging Economics course coming up
The Australian Institute of Packaging is holding a half-day event for anyone interesting in packaging operations and economics.
[ + ]AIFST Student Product Development Competition finalists announced
Innovative entries from students at Deakin University in Victoria and the University of Western Sydney in NSW have been chosen as finalists for the 2011 Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Student Product Development Competition.
[ + ]Australian inventions can now be accessed online
Australian inventions can be accessed online through AusPat, a database of patent records dating back to the first patent issued under Commonweath legistration.
[ + ]More companies band together against advertising of high-fructose corn syrup as 'corn sugar'
More US sugar companies and trade associations have joined a lawsuit to stop the corn processors from marketing high-fructose corn syrup as a 'natural' product.
[ + ]Dow expands its Packaging Center of Excellence
The Dow Chemical Company is doubling the staff of its packaging centre in Switzerland in order to expand the centre's capabilities for testing and prototyping adhesive laminating and film structure for food and beverage packaging needs.
[ + ]Relaunch of nutrient database
A new version of a popular nutrient database used by consumers and researchers to find out what nutrients are in food has been launched.
[ + ]Adept Electronic and Total Turnkey merger
The merger of Adept Electronic Solutions and Total Turnkey Solutions will create a leading machine vision industrial company, with a complementary portfolio of products, advanced technologies and enhanced growth opportunities.
[ + ]Country of origin labelling breaches
Two of Australia's major retailers have been found by the NSW Food Authority to have falsely described the origin of fruit for sale in two Sydney stores.
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