Just days after it was launched, Australia’s new Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB) has come under fire from the Brewers Association of Australia and New Zealand, an industry group representing...

Australian Food & Grocery Council’s (AFGC) push for a Supermarket Ombudsman and a Fair Trading Code of Conduct to be established in Australia is gaining momentum. The AFGC has long supported the...

Australia’s peak nutrition organisation, the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), and Australia’s horticulture industries are collaborating to help Australians eat better. The DAA’s CEO...

Publicly-listed Mariner Corporation Limited has announced that it is seeking to increase its investment stake in one of Australia’s largest honey companies, Capilano Honey Limited. Mariner is seeking...

New South Wales organic foods importer, Pacific Organics, has recalled a batch of imported rolled oats sold in health food stores and bakeries in the State of New South Wales. The batch is being recalled...

New research from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has found that foodborne disease outbreaks in the US caused by imported food appear to be on the rise. The researchers found that nearly...

Just looking at images of food can change our taste experience, according to new Swiss research published yesterday in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The authors of the study, led by Johannes le Coutre...

A new supermarket scanner, created by Japanese electronics manufacturer Toshiba Tec, is able to identify objects without the use of a barcode. Instead of using a laser scanner, Toshiba’s ‘Object...

Australian fast food giant Hungry Jack’s has partnered with group buying site Scoopon to run an exclusive national discounted meal deal. Announcing the new partnership yesterday, Hungry Jack’s...

A Melbourne factory that manufactures the Australian Anzac brand of biscuits has been rescued from closure by a consortium of investors. The Broadmeadow biscuit factory was bought from Unibic this week...