Nominations are closing at the end of September for the RSPCA’s Good Egg Awards, which celebrates medium- to large-scale organisations in the food service, hospitality, manufacturing or supermarket sector who have switched, or are planning to switch, to cage-free egg products. The Good Egg Award began in the UK, with international award winners including McDonalds UK, Subway, Starbucks Coffee, Unilever’s Hellmann’s Mayonnaise, Microsoft, Google and Sainsburys supermarkets. Retailers... ...Read more »

Peruvian cuisine, once unknown on the world stage, has increasingly become a reason to visit the country for travellers around the globe. Experiencing Peru through its cuisine guarantees an exotic bounty of tastes and aromas, which synthesises with the multiculturalism rooted in the rich and fascinating history of this country. Peru’s cuisine has a unique mix of Western and Eastern cultural traditions, reflected in its Spanish style soups and stews, Arab sweets and desserts, African contributions... ...Read more »

A new variety of field pea with improved disease resistance and higher yields will be unveiled when the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute hosts the Sustainable Futures Forum and Field Day at Narrabri on Wednesday 29 September.Plant Breeding Institute Officer in Charge, Steve Moore said the new variety had yet to be named and is presently being referred to as PRL131. “It is likely that the chosen name will follow previous releases and be named after Aboriginal weapons like... ...Read more »

Nestlé today announced the creation of Nestlé Health Science S.A. and the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences to pioneer a new industry between food and pharma. These two separate organisations will allow Nestlé to develop the innovative area of personalised health science nutrition to prevent and treat health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, which are placing an unsustainable burden on the world’s healthcare systems.Nestlé Health... ...Read more »

The United Fresh Produce Association is urging the U.S. House of Representatives to immediately pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, legislation that will reauthorize all child nutrition programs. It is critical that all child nutrition programs be reauthorized and signed into law by President Obama before they expire on September 30. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act makes important reforms and strengthens child nutrition programs by investing $4.5 billion in programs to reduce childhood hunger... ...Read more »

The introduction of prescription requirements for access to infant formula may reduce infant nutrition levels in Australia, the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) warned today.INC’s CEO Jan Carey said: “All mothers should be supported to provide the best nutrition for their infants. There’s no question that breast milk is best and improving breastfeeding rates is an important aspect in maximising Australia’s infant health and wellbeing. “However, when an infant is not breastfed,... ...Read more »

On Monday, 11 October 2010 three Australians of the Year for 2010 will host a once-in-a-lifetime dinner in Sydney – Nourish.Held at b2 Studios in Alexandria, Australian of the Year, Professor Patrick McGorry will challenge and nourish your mind, Senior Australian of the Year Maggie Beer will nourish your body and Ronni Kahn, Local Hero for 2010, and founding director of renowned food rescue charity, OzHarvest, will nourish your soul. This will be a night that will celebrate the extraordinary... ...Read more »

Aussie mums are undertaking DIY labelling of contaminated baby food this morning, after tests showed one of Australia’s leading infant formulas contains a number of unlabelled genetically modified products. Activists in Sydney and Melbourne have taken food safety into their own hands and labelled the baby formula, S-26 Soy, clearly tagging it as genetically modified and giving parents the right to choose. At 9am this morning, mothers entered a major Woolworth’s outlet in Sydney and Coles’... ...Read more »

Stinging criticism that Hershey has not done enough to address child and forced labour in its supply chain has come as a new framework of multi-partite action offers genuine hope of progress in tackling the issue. But, Ben Cooper writes, while chocolate companies are increasingly active in tackling the problem their reticence to speak publicly about the issue for fear of admitting culpability often hampers the communication of that positive message. Child and forced labour is a feature of cocoa... ...Read more »

General Mills, the US company behind brands like Haagen-Dazs ice cream and Nature Valley snack bars, has set a target of using only “palm oil from responsible and sustainable sources” by 2015.The company said its use of palm oil was “modest” and accounted for around 0.1% of its production. However, General Mills believes companies like itself could have an impact on the issue. “We acknowledge that responsible users of even small amounts of ingredients can impact issues... ...Read more »