A US researcher has linked a preference for salty foods to a heightened sense of taste, in a study at the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. The study asked 87 participants to rate the taste...

Dimmi, a new online service, allows restaurants to take bookings online 24 hours a day. The service provides restaurants with online electronic reservation diary software, which can be used for phone bookings...

According to AUSVEG, the price of vegetables in Australia has fallen by more than 5% in the last week AUSVEG CEO Richard Mulcahy said that wholesale vegetable prices had retreated in recent weeks, after...

New Zealand meat processor Silver Fern Farms has announced plans to close its Canterbury lamb-cutting plant and restructure operations at its Belfast facility. The moves, which could affect up to 174 jobs,...

The Feed Sydney campaign, created by OzHarvest’s Ronni Kahn and John Dee of action group Do Something, has brought diners to Sydney’s restaurants in the name of charity. The campaign, which...

Compulsory country-of-origin food labelling could become mandatory for all meat, poultry, dairy products and other single-ingredient products sold in the EU after it was accepted by the European Parliament...

Nestlé has announced plans to sue Sara Lee over alleged patent infringements of the Nespresso design by the new L’OR Espresso product. The Nespresso individual-pod coffee system, where a single...

A joint venture between The Maryborough Sugar Factory and Bundaberg Sugar is one step closer, with a green light from the Foreign Investment Review Board. The 50/50 joint venture would include the far...

Geographical indications – food products which are ‘trademarked’ only if they come from a particular production region – are an effective tool for countries to compete in a global...

A Canberra restaurant has been closed and its owner fined $1500 after it was discovered that food was being prepared in the car park behind the restaurant. The owner of the Tak Kee Roast Inn, Kin Wah Wong,...