The findings of a new rat study conducted by Italy’s Ramazzini Institute are contradictory to the extensive scientific research and regulatory reviews conducted on aspartame. The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has stated it is not recommending any changes in the use of aspartame.

Many food and beverage manufacturers will only survive if they can move their brands from the first era of branding to at least the second and possibly the third era of branding, according to Professor David Thomson, speaking yesterday at the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Inc (AIFST) 40th Anniversary Convention in Melbourne.

A process developed by Victorian-based Roma Foods Pty Ltd to make rice and maize gluten-free pasta spirals to export to Italy has won the coveted Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) Incorporated, Food Industry Innovation Award.

European Union agriculture ministers have finally agreed to clarify the marketing conditions for meat from bovine animals aged 12 months or less. The new rules will require the use of fixed sales descriptions for these meats in the various Member States coupled with an indication of the age category of the animals at slaughter.

International ingredients company, Tate & Lyle has completed the acquisition of an 80% holding in German specialty food ingredients group GC Hahn & Co (‘Hahn’) for a total cash consideration of £78 million (€116 million).

Philip E Nelson, president of the Institute of Food Technologists in 2002 and food science professor at Purdue University, has been recognised as the 2007 recipient of the World Food Prize.

National fresh food producer Mrs Crocket’s Fast & Fresh is the latest to be affected by the increasing toll of rising produce costs with a drought levy to be introduced in the new financial year after a year of dutifully trying to cover the increases internally.

Brew Drinks China 2007 (BDC 2007) will be held from August 16-18 2007 at Qingdao International Convention Centre, Qingdao.

Two recent research projects have shed light on how infants develop tastes for particular foods and to what extent older people lose their ability to smell, taste and perceive different foods, spiciness and texture.

Microencapsulation technology is being utilised to store healthy omega-3 oils in processed foods, under an agreement between Food Science Australia (FSA) and the Clover Corporation.

Fuchs Lubricants Australasia has announced the winner of the Geralyn U Beaut Ute competition.

The ‘Australian Grown’ logo has now been launched, allowing consumers to identify packaged food that has been grown on Australian farms.

Masterfoods announced today that its brand name will remain in the marketplace despite the recent change of the operating name of the company to Mars.

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered a bovine gene that allows some cows to naturally produce skimmed milk.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today invited comment on proposed changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.