The Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare has introduced legislation to establish the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission, which will commence operation on 1 July 2013. [ + ]

CCL Industries has signed a binding agreement to acquire the Office & Consumer Products and Designed & Engineered Solutions businesses of Avery Dennison on a debt-free basis for $500 million. [ + ]

HeatGenie has expanded its joint development agreement with packaging products supplier Crown Holdings for beverage and shippable soup packaging as part of its plans to expand its HeatGenie self-heating technology to the market. [ + ]

Grundfos Pumps (Australia) and Grundfos Pumps NZ will be supporting and selling the DAB brand in Australia and New Zealand from January 2013. [ + ]

A New South Wales abattoir has been added to the NSW Food Authority’s Name and Shame register after being convicted of large-scale lamb substitution. [ + ]

Bulk handling specialist Matcon is celebrating after being awarded two PPMA Group Industry Awards at the Processing & Packaging Machinery Association Show in Birmingham recently. [ + ]

Millions of people in developing countries may benefit from a breakthrough in chickpea farming thanks to an international project involving a researcher from The University of Western Australia. [ + ]

Husky Injection Moulding Systems has kicked off its Husky World Tour 2013, a series of customer events that will take place throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. [ + ]

The latest AFGC CHEP Retail Index indicates that retail growth will remain steady as we head into 2013. [ + ]

The Standard for Nutrition, Health and Related Claims became law on 18 January 2013. The Standard creates stricter controls about on-pack nutrition content claims and health claims and restricts the use of health claims to just those foods and beverages which meet specific levels of both positive and less desirable nutrients, measured in the nutrient profiling scoring criterion. [ + ]

The popularity of breakfast drinks has gradually increased in recent years, with the percentage of Australians purchasing them in an average four-week period growing from 4.1% to 7.7% since 2008. [ + ]

Natureworks will open its first Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Bangkok and expand its team of senior commercial, managerial and technical personnel. [ + ]

National Starch and Corn Products has a new identity. The group of companies, one of the world’s leading ingredient solutions providers, will now be known as Ingredion. [ + ]

Creaminess or astringency of new foods can be determined by measuring the sound generated by the food interacting with the tongue during consumption. This new technology, developed by NIZO food research, records and analyses the sound of rubbing of the tongue against the food and can be used to predict the sensory effects of food innovations. [ + ]

Arla Foods Ingredients has revealed plans to invest €120 million in a new lactose manufacturing facility in Denmark. [ + ]