A recent NSW drug investigation, titled Operation Yalumba, has nothing to do with the winery.

Using the same concept behind commercial breath-freshening strips, a researcher has developed a new, easier method for clinical taste testing.

Rising background levels of ozone in the atmosphere are a likely contributor to the global food crisis, since ozone has been shown to damage plants and reduce yields of important crops, including soybeans and wheat.

Clearer labelling about salt content may make it easier for consumers to monitor their salt intake.

Power from potato peel is just one of the approaches HJ Heinz is using to reduce its environmental footprint and implement its sustainability goals.

Functional food researchers are using nutrigenomics to discover why probiotics work.

Food Safety Consortium research at the University of Arkansas shows that Campylobacter jejuni in poultry is becoming resistant to ciprofloxacin, a synthetic antibiotic used by humans to fight bacterial infections.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has announced the appointment of Kate Carnell to the position of chief executive.

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is considering acquiring Australia’s Dairy Farmers.

Around 2500 international food and health experts will gather in Geneva this week for Europe's premier obesity conference, the 16th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2008), to assess the latest research from basic science to practical prevention programs and medical treatment.

New Zealand's decades-old food law is due to be updated when the new Food Bill comes into force. In anticipation, 38 councils have agreed to take part in the voluntary release of a key part of the new food regime.

As Wrigley throws off the shackles of being a public listed company via its merger with Mars, Cadbury is now the main bidder for Hershey.

Australia’s latest official inflation figures show food prices continued to rise strongly in the March quarter, as consumers felt the sting of rising supply chain costs, local product shortages and a global shortfall of critical food staples, according to international food and agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

IP Australia has created a searchable database of the Australian patents lodged and granted since 1979.

NZFA's risk management policy has been found to be aligned with international best practice.