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.

Alcan has acquired the capsules and closures distribution businesses of Classic Packaging and Nellie Products - both companies are subsidiaries of Foster's Group.

An increase in the quality of wine being produced in Australia is forcing European wine makers to take notice.

The National Food Industry Strategy’s (NFIS) Food Innovation Grants (FIG) Program plays an important part in encouraging innovation by Australian food industry businesses, NFIS managing director, Dr Susan Nelle said recently.

Food Science Australia and the national Cold Chain Centre (CCC) in Adelaide have joined forces to help reduce the estimated $20 billion lost globally as a result of the spoilage of perishable foods during storage and transportation.

The Victorian food industry has tantalised the tastebuds of visiting US speciality food buyers during a three day tour of the state starting in Melbourne recently.

Australia has a new, national benchmark for certifying food safety auditors.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited public comment on the latest changes being proposed to the Food Standards Code – regulations that cover the content, labelling and handling of food throughout the supply chain.

Supermarkets, florists and even pharmacists may soon have a better way to monitor the quality of the products they get from suppliers: a sensor that will tell how long before a product spoils or passes its expiration date.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by Standards Australia and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to work closer in developing food standards in Australia.

During the past two years, scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, the Technische Universität Dresden/Germany and the Zittauer Fruchtveredlungs GmbH (ZIFRU) have been testing how dried food can be processed gently as to preserve as many vitamins and secondary plant compounds as possible.