Nicole Eckersley

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Coles Supermarkets have switched their fresh beef offerings entirely to beef produced without the use of Hormone Growth Promotants, or HGPs, as of January 1st. Hormone Growth Promotants are small implants...

Three McDonalds outlets in south-east Melbourne have been targeted by armed robbers this week, leaving employees concerned for their safety and some stores closing earlier than usual. McDonalds in the...

Researchers in Germany have used Lupin seeds, a type of legume, to produce low-fat, high-quality sausage products. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, believe...

Sugar industry peak body CANEGROWERS said today that the sugar industry has been severly impacted by the rain during the 2010 harvest, with some 20%, equating to some 5.7 million tonnes of sugarcane, left...

Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to latest research by scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. The...

Despite the wet weather in Queensland, there is still an abundant supply of bananas and growers are continuing to send fruit to market, according to the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC). ABGC...

Kraft Foods has filed a lawsuit against India’s leading biscuit manufacturer, Britannia Industries, over an alleged infringement of the copyright on its Oreo biscuit brand. Kraft confirmed yesterday...

Families in northern Queensland will see supermarket shelves restocked over the coming few days as the Queensland Government and retailers, Coles and Woolworths pull out all the stops to get trucks through...

Pineapples from Central Queensland will be on their way to market today, following a special operation to barge them out of Rosslyn Bay, south of Yeppoon, in flood-affected Queensland. Flood waters prevented...

Honeybees can learn to avoid nectar containing natural plant toxins, but will eat it when there is no alternative, scientists at the UK’s Newcastle University have found. This means that in areas...