A new study published in the Dietitians Association of Australia’s journal, Nutrition & Dietetics, has found that more than 40 per cent of community-living older Australians are either “malnourished...

On 26 April 2012, as reported in Australian Food News, KFC Australia indicated it would appeal a judgment made by Justice Stephen Rothman in the NSW Supreme Court which found KFC to be responsible for...

The world’s largest coffee chain, Starbucks Corporation, has announced a “record” increase in net income by 18 per cent for its second quarter in the 2011/12 financial year. Starbucks...

Australia’s non-dairy milk segment is set to receive a shake-up this week when a new brand of almond milk ‘Almond Breeze’ hits the shelves in over 700 Coles supermarkets across the country. According...

Australian supermarket chain Coles has been fined AU$170,000 and ordered to pay legal costs after a worker fell through a ceiling at their Manly store in 2007 and received injuries. On 29 August 2007 the...

A major research program aimed at protecting Australia’s AU$450 million banana industry has been launched by a team of scientists, led by the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation...

Food businesses that have been using unlicensed pest controllers should take warning after a Lysterfield man was prosecuted and fined $19,000.00 in the Ringwood Magistrates Court (near Melbourne) for six...

Australia’s food regulatory agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued the results of its survey on usage of sulphites in sausages, cordial and dried fruit. However, one of Australia’s...

Scientists atAustralia’s most respected scientific body, CSIRO, hope to increase the levels of resistant starch in commonly consumed grains inAustralialike wheat in order to lower incidence rates...

Wesfarmers, the publicly-listed parent company that owns the Coles supermarket chain, has announced the supermarket’s 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth.  The company announced...