FBI warns the food sector may be vulnerable to terrorist attacks
10 August, 2017 by Nichola MurphyTerrorist attacks in the food industry are possible but a bigger threat is the unhappy insider.
Is your company's WHS up to date?
07 August, 2017Nothing will kill a company faster than an adverse workplace health and safety incident. Are you sure your company is au fait with the latest industrial safety polices, research, services and equipment?
Jail for horsemeat fraudsters
03 August, 2017Three businessmen who passed off horsemeat as beef in a simple grab for profit have been convicted of fraud, with two being given custodial sentences and one a suspended sentence.
JBT buys into powder filling
02 August, 2017 | Supplied by: JBTJBT Corporation has purchased an English provider of powder filling systems, PLF International, for £28 million.
Hannapak goes to WestRock for $75 million
02 August, 2017 | Supplied by: HannapakThe Hanna Group (Hannapak), one of Australia's leading providers of folding cartons, has been acquired by WestRock Company.
Nestlé signs deal to test dehydrated food technology
31 July, 2017Nestec, a subsidiary of Nestlé, has signed a Technology Evaluation and License Option Agreement to test EnWave's Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) food dehydration technology.
Finally, food retail spending is increasing
31 July, 2017The latest AFCG CHEP Retail Index points to modest recovery in retail turnover in Australia, led by the food, particularly catered food, sector.
ISEKI_Food Conference — call for papers
31 July, 2017Food scientists from research and industry, technologists, students and the wider community are invited to present topics relevant to food science and technology, industry and education at the 2018 ISEKI_Food Conference in Stuttgart.
Marel is getting further into pork and beef
31 July, 2017 | Supplied by: MarelMarel's strategy to be a full-line supplier to the poultry, meat and fish industries globally is closer to fruition with the company's acquisition of Sulmaq.
Fines for fake 'free-range' claims aren't poultry
31 July, 2017Snowdale Holdings has been ordered to pay a total of $750,000 in penalties for making false or misleading representations that its eggs were 'free-range'.
Dearer milk and milk products on the horizon
28 July, 2017 | Supplied by: Fonterra Co-operative Group LtdThe ongoing rebalancing of supply and demand in global dairy markets has led the Fonterra Co-operative Group to increase its forecast Farmgate Milk Price for the upcoming 2018 season. The new forecast is $6.75 per kilogram of milk solids (kgMS), replacing the May 2017 forecast of $6.50/kgMS.
Getting the Asia–Pacific region on board with sustainability in the food industry
28 July, 2017With 60% of the global population and some of the richest consumers, Asia's share of the global organic food market is less than 10% — but this might be about to change as the Asia–Pacific edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit comes to Singapore in November.
Meet Alex Fileczki — Australia's latest CPP
24 July, 2017Alex Fileczki is the latest Australian packaging professional to attain the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation.
Brexit poses serious risks to UK's food and beverage sector
24 July, 2017Is the UK is prepared for the most complex ever change to its food system, which will be required before Brexit? No — leaving the European Union poses serious risks to consumer interests, public health, businesses and workers in the food sector.
McCormick spices up its portfolio
20 July, 2017McCormick has outbid the likes of Unilever and Hormel Foods to buy Reckitt Benckiser Group's North American food business for around US$4.2 billion.
