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Some like it hot, most hate it cold; now judge it by lid before it gets cold. Australian packaging firm Smart Lid Systems has launched heat sensitive takeaway coffee lids in several outlets in Sydney....

A third of Australians have “unmanaged” high blood cholesterol, and one in five adults with diabetes do not know they have the condition, according to the results of a biomedical survey for chronic...

Diets rich in glucosinolates, such as glucoraphanin found in broccoli, can “retune” cellular processes that get disrupted as the body ages, and contribute to a reduced risk of cancer, according to...

New Zealand based dairy giant Fonterra has said that Chinese authorities have not imposed a ‘blanket ban’ on imports of the Company’s products after the announcement of a contaminated batch of whey...

New Zealand-based dairy manufacturer Fonterra has announced a ‘quality issue’ involving three batches of a particular type of whey protein concentrate (WPC80) produced at a single New Zealand manufacturing...

The recent trend for declining growth in retail sales continued through the June quarter, according to the latest edition of the Retail Index report from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC)...

Just over half of customers who shop at Australia’s supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths say their supermarket stocks the brands they want, and these numbers have been in decline since a peak in 2011,...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new regulation defining the term ‘gluten-free’ for voluntary food labelling. The regulation was published 2 August 2013 in the Federal Register. The...

Diets lacking omega-3 fatty acids – found in foods like wild fish, eggs, and grass-fed livestock – can have worsened effects over consecutive generations, especially affecting anxiety levels and hyperactivity...

Several Melbourne restaurants are set to take part in a new food waste recycling program called ‘City Harvest’, which was launched 30 July 2013. The program, which is supported by the Victorian Government’s...