The National Research Council Canada (NRC) and the Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have signed an agreement to collaborate on genetic research to improve the...

The Australian Retailers Association has announced the state winners of Independent Retailer of the Year and Young Retailer of the Year, with the food industry well represented. Jaclyn Connelly won the...

Gippsland livestock farmers are disenchanted in the wake of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision that insufficient evidence was found to further the investigation...

Australian farmers’ capacity to boost global food security has topped the agenda in talks between the UN food agency chief and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke. Mr...

Buderim Ginger Limited has revised its full year profit forecast upwards after completing a deal that will make the Queensland food company potentially the world’s largest processor and marketer...

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has appointed a former journalist to the position of London “food champion”. Rosie Boycott, former editor of the Independent on Sunday and the owner of a...

Fosters Australia Limited has received Victoria’s biggest ever fine under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 for serious safety failings which led to the death of a worker at its Abbotsford...

The June quarter Commonwealth Bank – ACCI Business Expectations Survey shows a significant fall in business confidence and reported business conditions. Business confidence fell to its lowest level...

The Australian Food and Grocery Council, the national body representing Australia’s food and grocery products manufacturers today welcomed the New South Wales Government’s $36 million initiative...

The ability to distinguish between food and medicine has become increasingly difficult as a wave of functional foods and “superfoods” hit supermarket shelves. Such inability to distinguish...