Retail Food Group (RFG) has announced its entry into a conditional sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire Beefy's Pies for $10 million. [ + ]

Beston Global Food Company anticipates that its lactoferrin sales could surpass 10 MT in the first half of FY24, according to its ASX announcement made on 28 November. [ + ]

VTT and the Finnish food industry have joined forces to develop plant protein value chains, boosted by machine learning and artificial intelligence. [ + ]

Matthews Australasia has been named a finalist in the 2024 APPMA Awards of Excellence in the Digital Innovation category for its iDSnet package code management platform. [ + ]

APCO has published Australasian Recycling Label Consumer Insights Report 2023, its annual benchmarking survey exploring consumer recycling attitudes. [ + ]

A University of Bristol study has found some interesting results about the taste perception of ultra-processed foods compared to less processed foods. [ + ]

Australia's vegetable industry will receive a new level of protection against exotic pests with the help of a $10 million levy-funded biosecurity strategy. [ + ]

Beef-producing nations in the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia, are continuing to increase production volumes despite a global trend of production decline. [ + ]

FSANZ is calling for public comment on an application to permit the sale and use of honey produced by Australian native stingless bees. [ + ]

As Australians seek local produce with traceability, transparency and sustainability, provenance has emerged as a top food trend. [ + ]

Australian yeast innovation experts MicroBioGen will be presenting at the 37th International Specialised Symposium on Yeasts conference being held in Adelaide. [ + ]

A brain-friendly cake concept has been designed with the help of scientific experts and a chef to help raise awareness of cognitive decline in older Australians. [ + ]

GEA now also equips the aseptic double-seat valves of the Aseptomag range with lockout-tagout (LoTo) devices. [ + ]

ofi is celebrating the official opening of the first phase of its dairy processing plant located in the Waikato region of the north island of New Zealand. [ + ]

After tasting 380 Australian dairy products, judges of the Australian Grand Dairy Awards have announced the 2024 finalists from across the nation. [ + ]