CSIRO researchers have discovered a new method growers could use to control when their grapes ripen, without affecting wine quality. Grape berry ripening is occurring earlier and the harvest season is...

US food group Campbell Soup Co. yesterday cut its full-year profit targets after a weak first quarter when its promotions did not pay off. Campbell, part-way through the key season for soup sales, now...

The Federal Court has ordered two restaurants to pay a penalty of $13,200 each for misleading customers as to the price of meals in their menus on Sundays and public holidays. The Australian Competition...

Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, David O’Byrne, yesterday annouced plans to take a proposal to Cabinet to implement a ban on lightweight plastic bags. “The Government is committed...

New South Wales Premier Kristina Kenneally yesterday announced that menus for fast-food outlets across NSW will be required to display kilojoule information on their printed and menu boards, as of February...

New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that hard work really does make a meal taste better, and that, particularly, healthy food is more appealing after some hard yakka. “Basically, what...

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan yesterday announced the Foreign Investment Review Board’s approval of the sale of CSR Ltd’s sugar and renewable energy business, Sucrogen, to Singaporean food giant...

Coles today announced an extension of its ban on pork raised in sow stalls to include pork products manufactured overseas. The move has been welcomed by Australian pork farmers, with the playing field...

The managing director of dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn has announced his intention to quit, after over a decade in the role. Stephen O’Rourke will leave the business next July after 12 years...

Results of an independent investigation launched this weekend have revealed a complex international black market in East Atlantic bluefin tuna worth an estimated $4 billion, with many cases of quota violation,...