Industry News
Company of the Year 2006 announced
PFD Food Services has been awarded 2006 Multi-site Low Risk Company of the Year. The award was presented at the Australian HACCP Conference Dinner held at Melbourne’s Park Hyatt Hotel.
[ + ]Food ministers protect public health and support industry innovation
The ninth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council was held in Sydney and chaired by Christopher Pyne, parliamentary secretary to the Australian Government Minister for Health and Ageing.
[ + ]Productivity commission releases final report into Standards Australia
The Productivity Commission’s report into Standards Australia makes a series of demanding recommendations whilst acknowledging that Standards Australia had “embarked on a significant plan to address key issues of concernâ€, according to John Tucker, CEO of Standards Australia.
[ + ]Visy signs licensing and technology agreement
Visy has entered into an official licensing and technology agreement with Graham Packaging Company.The broad-based licence and technology agreement will provide Visy with access to Graham Packaging’s plastics packaging technology, design and manufacture.
[ + ]Confoil and Kingfoil join forces
Australian aluminium food tray makers, Confoil and Kingfoil have joined forces to head off cheap imports.
[ + ]Powder Handling Seminar
The first Powder Handling Seminar, to be run by PowderHandling.com.au, will be held in Sydney on 28 February 2007.
[ + ]$12.5m partnership targets healthy grain
CSIRO, through the Food Futures Flagship, Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have announced a partnership to accelerate the development of super-healthy wheat varieties.
[ + ]Food Solutions Expo
The Food Solutions Expo provides practical solutions for the food research, machinery, packaging, cold chain, temperature, water and labelling problems faced every day by food processing companies.
[ + ]International solutions for the food industry
International and Australian experts in food processing and cold storage technologies will address the Food Solutions Expo 2006 conference at Food Science Australia's facilities in Melbourne on 16 November.
[ + ]Wine industry seeks $225 million R&D investment
Australia’s wine industry is seeking to boost investment in research and development to $225 million per annum to maintain the edge that new technologies and innovation has given the industry over its global competitors.
[ + ]Aussie icon re-launched
Aussie Sweets has celebrated the official opening of its purpose-built manufacturing facility located at Auburn in Sydney’s west and the re-launch of the Aussie Sweets brand with new packaging for a range of product lines.
[ + ]Reduced space symbology seminar
GS1 New Zealand is bringing two leading authorities on bar code symbology to New Zealand. Bar code symbology will be a retail standard with effect from January 2010.
[ + ]Australian food and beverage exports promoted in Shanghai
Five City Supermarket stores across Shanghai are staging ‘Flavours of Australia – the Australian Food & Beverage Festival’ from 20 October - 5 November, part of the broader Celebrate Australia, Australian Style package of events organised by Austrade and the Australian Consulate General.
[ + ]Winners of Food Victoria awards announced
The Premier of Victoria, the Hon Steve Bracks has announced the winners of the 2006 Premier’s Food Victoria Awards.
[ + ]NSW distributor biodegradeable packaging
Formrite Group has announced that it is the exclusive distributor for Plantic in NSW. The partnership aims to supply NSW companies with environmentally friendly packaging.
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