The ABC’s Delicious Magazine annual Produce Awards for 2011 were announced in Sydney this week. These awards recognise the best Australian produce in a number of categories, and finalists from each...

Random audits by the Fair Work Ombudsman have revealed that more than one-quarter of non-franchised take-away outlets in Queensland food courts are not complying with workplace laws. Fair Work is the...

Coles intends to keep the price its of house brand milk at $1 a litre for the foreseeable future, Coles Managing Director Ian McLeod is quoted as saying. Mcleod said, “I told the Senate Committee...

Bosch Packaging Technology has announced its new ‘Eco|Save|Pack’ for secondary carton packaging of fragile products. Bosch says that the new packaging system has the flexibility to provide extra protection...

McCain Foods says it will promote healthy eating by school visits throughout eastern Australia in a campaign to teach children about healthy eating. “The McCain Red Veggie Truck Tour will be visiting...

Coles Group has partnered with leading food safety trainer Advancing Food Safety (AFS) to launch an academy offering training courses in quality management, leading to academic qualifications for participants. The...

New standards for reducing the prevalence of salmonella and campylobacter in young chickens and turkeys are being implemented in the United States. The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food...

The Queensland Dairyfarmer’s Organisation (QDO) has expressed extreme disappointment at the decision by the ACCC to not pursue Coles for predatory pricing of its house brand milk. “We’re...

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) have proposed to extend country of origin labelling to unpackaged beef, sheep and chicken meat. Currently, only some unpackaged foods require country of...

The Australian Football League has announced the appointment of the Coles supermarket group as the exclusive partner of the AFL Schools program. This follows earlier sponsorship announcements, such as...