GS1 Australia has opened a second Supply Chain Knowledge Centre (SCKC) in Sydney to provide business and industry associates access to information that will help them improve their information flows and trading efficiencies.

A recent study shows it would cost Australians $120 million a year to extend country-of-origin labelling to canned or packaged food that includes two or less principal whole fruit or vegetable products.

Scientists are confident that lamb could soon become as important a source of Omega-3 fatty acids as oily fish.

Cadbury Schweppes has announced it will take over the remaining 55% stake in the Dr Pepper/Seven Up bottling group (BG) for the price of $353 million.

Two of the leading health peak bodies, Diabetes Australia and The Cancer Council, in Victoria have called for the Victorian Government to strengthen its commitment to both regulation and community education to help fight the alarming childhood obesity trends.

Tetra Pak has announced it will takeover Carlisle Process Systems USA, the cheese and powder processing sector of Carlisle Companies Inc.

The Biological Farmers of Australia has formed a sub committee to promote the principles, benefits and good practices of biological agriculture.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) wants the public to voice their opinions on the issues that could affect their health and the food they eat.

Australia's policy of restricting antibiotic use in food-producing animals may be linked with lower levels of drug-resistant bacteria found in its citizens, according to an article in the May 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In a discovery that questions the believe that too much fruit juice is a bad thing for children, a recent analysis of US government data has found that children who consume 100 per cent juice had healthier overall diets than non-juice consumers and consumed more total fruits, fibre and key nutrients such as vitamin C, potassium, magnesium and folate.

Representatives from a UK-based distributor, which supplies Sainsbury's supermarkets, is in Australia this month and is keen to meet Australian food producers.

Australian Dairy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) scientists are making important discoveries that will improve the Australian dairy industry's access to advanced technologies and products.

Food has become too much a matter of crisis and not of opportunity, says Michel Vieillefosse, head of the Eureka Secretariat.

Antioxidants are believed to have substantial health benefits and raspberries in particular are a good source. In fact, raspberries may have 10 times more antioxidants than tomatoes or broccoli. Further, raspberries contain some specific antioxidants that are found almost nowhere else.

The Australian beverages industry has lodged an application seeking permission to voluntarily add a maximum of 1.5 mg/L of fluoride to packaged waters. The application to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) was lodged by the Australian Beverages Council in conjunction with the Australasian Bottled Water Institute.