Wesfarmers has completed its acquisition of UK hardware chain Homebase.   Wesfarmers Managing Director Richard Goyder said the acquisition now adds 15, 000 new employees in the UK and Ireland to the...

Wesfarmers has attributed its latest successful half-yearly results to a strategic emphasis on customer service, good value and improved product ranges in its Coles supermarkets and other retail stores.   The...

The Australian Competition Consumer Commission (ACCC) has today appointed Mick Keogh as the first ACCC agriculture commissioner to be involved in a new strategic involvement by the ACCC in the agriculture...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking comments on its proposed approach to revising infant formula requirements in the Food Standards Code.   FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Mr Steve...

The Australian Federal Government’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) is allowing China’s Moon Lake Investments to acquire Australia’s largest dairy producer, Van Diemen’s Land Company (VDL)....

Mars chocolates manufactured in Australia has not been impacted by a global recall impacting 55 countries.   Chocolates manufactured in Mars’ Netherland production facility have today been recalled...

Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon according to a study into the environmental impacts of food production in the US.   Published in Volume 145,...

A sugar-free doughnut range from Australian company Noshu is now selling at Woolworths supermarkets.   Noshu doughnuts say that there is no added sugar in the doughnut and that they are baked instead...

Nestlé is now selling a coffee machine which allows consumers to make café style coffee at home using its Blend 43 instant mix.   The “Nescafe Red Mug Machine” lets users place milk in a mug...

Seal integrity is extremely important for preventing contamination or spoilage of a canned food product. Here is why proper canned food sealing is important and most effective method for evaluating seal...