Toll Group has sold its Toll Refrigerated business to Automotive Holdings Group for $6.5 million. [ + ]

You’d think they’d learn from the Brumby’s debacle. Wholesale refrigerant gas suppliers are hiking up their prices, blaming it on the carbon tax and hoping no one will notice, according to Greg Combet. [ + ]

Paul Haberland of Nestlé Australia and Jim Selway of Amcor Australia will present at the next AIP technical dinner on 1 August. [ + ]

CSIRO has announced a new addition: a Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences, an amalgamation of the former divisions of Livestock Industries and Food and Nutritional Sciences. [ + ]

German organic tea producer Lebensbaum has selected Innovia Films’ compostable cellulose-based NatureFlex NVR to pack its range of organic teas. [ + ]

tna has acquired The Cadalec Group, strengthening its electrical engineering capabilities. [ + ]

Nestlé is selling its Peters Ice Cream business to Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for an undisclosed sum. [ + ]

The Chinese Islamic Association has issued Cardia Bioplastics with halal certification for its Biohybrid resins. [ + ]

The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council has replaced Go Grains Health & Nutrition with a new name and logo. The council is a not-for-profit organisation, founded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation and supported by producers and manufacturers in the grains and legumes industries. [ + ]

With debate about the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops, it is important for food processors to be able to monitor GM levels in food products. New research has shown it is possible to recognise GM contamination as low as 0.1% in maize using bioluminescent real-time reporter (BART) technology and loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). [ + ]

DAFF Biosecurity officers have seized more than one and a half tonnes of prohibited food imports in the latest biosecurity operation. [ + ]

NatureFlex, Innovia Films’ compostable, cellulose-based packaging product, now has its own website: www.NatureFlex.com. [ + ]

Small businesses can now apply for grants of up to $100,000 a year as part of the Small Business Advisory Services program. [ + ]

The UK Department of Health has released a report showing that UK dietary salt intake is the lowest in the Western world, at 8.1 g per day. In comparison, Australians consume 9 g per day. [ + ]

In response to yesterday’s announcement that PURA milk will no longer have permeate added, Aussie Farmers Direct has said its milk products do not contain permeate - and never have. [ + ]