An Australian Clean Technologies Ideas Competition, linked to the international Cleantech Open Global Ideas Competition, will showcase clean technologies with economic and environmental benefits.

The Pork Cooperative Research Centre has announced a new board to ensure Australian pork is a high-integrity meat.

A survey has shown no human health implications from antimicrobial resistance.

Food scientists at The University of Western Australia are hoping to conduct a study to find out what makes one gourmet fungi more desirable than another.

Australians and people around the world are changing what they eat because of the rising cost of food.

It has been found that Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli bacteria cannot survive in corrugated packaging.

138,000 meat pies will provide hungry Aussies with a hearty and nourishing meal this winter.

Campbell Arnott’s has appointed a new president of the Asia Pacific sector.

The DIAA is moving to a new office.

A new xTAG gastrointestinal pathogen panel has been used to triage patients suspected of having an E. coli infection at German Kliniken der Stadt Koln.

Owens-Illinois has launched their Glass is Life campaign to inform people on the benefits of glass and increase glass packaging for food and beverage brands.

Sage-N Research has signed an exclusive agreement with the US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center to license technology for microbial identification.

The University of Queensland is assisting an Australian agricultural-biotechnology company to harvest omega-3 oil from organically grown algae rather than fish stocks or plants.

Participation by NSW companies at a Hong Kong food and beverage trade exhibition last month is expected to result in sales worth of $2m over the next 12 months.

FSANZ has released a horticultural paper on what approaches should be taken to ensure food safety and is calling for comment from the industry.