Two of Australia’s largest logistics companies have combined forces this week, with the announcement that CRT Group has acquired the family owned Golden Bros.

Amcor has announced it will invest $10 million to upgrade the corrugated box plant in Townsville, increasing their delivery capability to customers in north and central Queensland and the Northern Territory.

New research launched today shows the skills shortages and the associated workplace expectations of Generation Y are here to stay. Many employers assume that the skills shortages come from 16 straight years of economic growth and the resulting increased demand for staff.

Unsubstantiated scaremongering claims by Soil & Health spokesperson Steffan Browning could cause some people real harm says the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

In the lead-up to the federal election Australian industry is calling for priority action to clean up the nation's legacy of past industrial contamination, to enhance the nation's ‘clean green’ export image.

Twelve native Australian fruits contain much higher levels of antioxidants than found in other fruit, according to research published in the journal Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies.

National Australia Bank has created a specialist national business banking unit dedicated to the post farm gate food, fibre and beverage industries.

The food, beverage, packaging and manufacturing industries are invited to submit an abstract for the 2008 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) National Conference, to be held 12-13 June 2008 at Luna Park, Sydney.

The Australian HACCP Conference Series finished in early August, and the winners of the various awards are now in.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today released its latest batch of proposed changes to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

A UK food and material science expert has been awarded a Visiting Fellowship with the Food Futures Flagship, to help design healthier and tastier foods.

The government will introduce additional screening of imported seafood for low level antibiotic residues, announced the Federal Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Peter McGauran.

Austrade has invited Australian suppliers to take advantage of the massively growing Chinese retail market, by participating in this year’s Australian Lifestyle Expo, held in December in Ghangzhou, China.

The Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH) is calling for a major reduction in the salt content of processed and restaurant foods, following a recent report from the American Medical Association (AMA).

The need to redefine the definition of ‘dietary fibre’ was considered yesterday, in an address by senior CSIRO nutritionist Dr David Topping to the US Institute of Food Technologists' annual meeting in Chicago.