Independent grocers IGA will donate 30c from every pack of Bakers Oven Raspberry Lamington Fingers sold from 10 January to 6 February 2010 to help raise money for the McGrath Foundation. The funds raised...

The Australian Government has accepted the Wold Trade Organisation Appellate Body’s decision to allow New Zealand apples to be imported into Australia, after an appeal was rejected this week. The...

The Public Health Association of Australia has criticised the Government’s new Food Policy Working Group, saying that its panel represents industry presence over public heath interests. The Working...

The Western Australian State Government is working with industry to coordinate services including on-farm visits for impacted suppliers of Challenge Dairy Cooperative. Challenge Australia Dairy went into...

Australian grocery wholesaler Metcash has booked a rise in first-half underlying earnings, but cautioned it may not be able to hit its full-year targets. Metcash said the continuation of the “extremely...

South Australian Agriculture Minister Michael O’Brien says the mass transportation of livestock from Western Australia is providing an unexpected boost for the state’s primary industries. The ongoing...

The UK’s coalition government has outlined its desire for a “responsibility deal” with the food industry in a bid to tackle obesity and make the nation healthier. In a policy document...

Northern Territory food charity organisations are being encouraged to apply for grants of up to $10,000 for kitchen equipment, with the launch of a new national grants program by the NT Government and...

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will have a personal cooking lesson with Britsh celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, along with thousands of Queenslanders and other Australians tonight. The celebrity chef will take...

The effective banning of kosher slaughter, known as shechita, in New Zealand, has taken a new turn, with the New Zealand Herald reporting that Agriculture Minister David Carter, the architect of the ban,...