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One of the America’s biggest baking companies, Hostess Brands, which owns the iconic Twinkies brand, has filed for bankruptcy. The Texas-based company operates 36 bakeries in the United States and employs...

Concerns continue to arise about the administration of food safety enforcement in the State of Victoria. Australian Food News recently reported (21 December 2011) the calls made for an official investigation...

The Australian Government’s Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has defended itself following media reports on a US ban on certain uses of a class of antibiotic in livestock. The...

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Columbia University have estimated that a nationwide tax on sweetened beverages in the U.S. would...

Queensland Government scientists and researchers from the University of Queensland have discovered new anti-microbial properties in a combination of natural-plant ingredients, including two common native...

The Australian-owned United Petroleum chain of convenience stores has obtained a court injunction blocking television network Channel 7’s Today Tonight show from broadcasting a story claiming it sold...

Despite many of Australia’s retail sectors struggling with tough retail conditions, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Retail Trade figures show ongoing growth for Australia’s cafe and...

The operator of a Hungry Jacks fast food outlet at Bendigo, in Victoria, has been fined AU$46,200 after the Fair Work Ombudsman found it had been underpaying its 180-strong workforce for more than four...

Australian scientists have found that the side-effects experienced by young people who take anti-psychotic medication, for illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, may be eradicated with medical...

A new study from Yale University, in the USA, says that children are disproportionately targeted by food company websites using branded computer games, known as ‘advergames’. The study also...