Industry News
Everyday beliefs about food refuse to give way to scientific evidence
Marieke Saher’s recent doctoral dissertation for the Department of Psychology at the University of Helsinki analyses everyday beliefs about food and health. By these beliefs she refers to people’s ideas about whether certain foods are healthy, what might have caused a stomach upset or whether a medicine really works.
[ + ]APMA chairman steps down
Chairman of the Australian Packaging Machinery Association and chief executive officer of Heat and Control, Jim Strang has advised the APMA Board of his intention to stand down.
[ + ]ConBiz 2006 to focus on leadership issues
Creative leadership for confectioners is the theme for ConBiz 2006, the annual business forum of the Confectionery Manufacturers of Australasia (CMA).
[ + ]FSANZ seeks public input on food fortification
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for public comment on a proposal for the mandatory fortification of breakfast cereals, breads and biscuits by replacing the salt in these products with iodised salt.
[ + ]500 Australian Standards to be cut
To maintain relevant Australian Standards, Standards Australia has embarked on a project to reassess about 2000 standards sectors that are more than 10 years old.
[ + ]Choice-enabled beverage containers
Ipifini has introduced Programmable Choice-Enabled Packaging technology. The technology employs buttons on the container's surface that release flavours or other ingredients into the liquid. Flavour buttons allow the consumer to choose variations of the beverage at the point of consumption. For example, a programmable cola bottle with buttons for lemon, lime, vanilla and cherry flavours, as well as a caffeine button, allows for 32 potential choices of soda. The technology has tamper-resistant formats, which disable the buttons until the beverage is opened.
[ + ]Head of beverages council elected
Brad van Dijk, VP Australasia of PepsiCo Beverages, has been elected as president and chairman of the Australian Beverages Council.
[ + ]Grant funding for packaging environmental assessment tool
The Sustainable Packaging Alliance has received two Commonwealth government grants to support the development of its prototype rapid packaging environmental impact assessment tool, PIQET.
[ + ]O-I expands New Zealand facility
Owens-Illinois (O-I) has announced a NZ$78 million expansion at its glass manufacturing facility in Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand.
[ + ]Global food revolution 'roaring ahead'
Globalisation is driving a dramatic restructure of the world's food production, processing and trade.
[ + ]What's on at Fine Food Australia?
Professionals from the food and hospitality industries will be checking in for their annual gathering at the Fine Food Australia exhibition, being held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre 11–14 September.
[ + ]FSANZ launches improved website
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has improved its website, claiming it makes it easier consumers, the food industry and health professionals to find information about food standards and other food concerns.
[ + ]Automation Business Forum 2006 postponed to 2007
Diversified Exhibitions Australia (formerly AES), the leading exhibition organiser for the automation/manufacturing industry in Australia, recently announced the postponement of the Automation Business Forum 2006. The forum was to be an exclusive new business matching event set to take place in Melbourne for one day only on 16 October, 2006.
[ + ]Fungi, mycotoxins to be covered at symposium
A two-day symposium covering topics of relevance to the Australian food industry will be held in Cairns on 19–20 August.
[ + ]Demand for meat drives growth in the feed additives market
With the ongoing debate over antimicrobial resistance and its effect on human beings, alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters are likely to gain R&D funding support and consequent volumes of uptake by end users.
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