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State-of-the-art freeze drying facility opens in QLD

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A new major freeze-drying manufacturing facility has opened on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Owned and operated by Freeze Dry Industries, the site will use the latest technology to freeze dry Australia...

New moves for PureCircle stevia

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Global stevia producer, PureCircle, is now producing a number of stevia-based flavour enhancers. Malaysia’s PureCircle supplies stevia to Coca-Cola and has been operational since 2001. PureCircle is...

Online tool launched to help farmers start co-operatives

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A new online tool has launched to help guide Australian farmers on how to start a co-operative. The tool is operated by the Australian Federal Government’s Farming Together resource for primary producers....

New FIAL competiveness plan announced at AIFST Convention

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Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Craig Laundy, has announced the launch of Food Innovation Australia’s (FIAL) latest Sector Competitiveness Plan at the Australian Institute of...

Leadership and structural changes for Foodco

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Owner of Jamaica Blue and Muffin Break brands, Foodco, has announced a number of key leadership and structural changes across its business. Effective immediately, Drew Eide, has been promoted from within...

Woolies, Coles & Harris Farm Markets all ban the plastic bag

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Woolworths, Coles and Harris Farm Markets have all made a commitment to stop offering customers single-use plastic bags by the end of 2018. Both Woolworths and Coles say they will stop offering the bags...

ACCC warning: comply with Horticulture Code or face penalties

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has put Australian produce growers and sellers on notice, warning they need to be ready to comply with changes to the mandatory Horticulture Code...

CSIRO publishes Food & Agribusiness Roadmap

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Australians could one day be eating allergy-free nuts and edible packaging according to the CSIRO which announced its Food & Agribusiness Roadmap at the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology’s...

Losing your sense of smell might be key to losing weight

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An individual’s sense of smell may be key to losing or gaining weight a new study has found. Published in volume 26, issue one of Cell Metabolism Journal, US researchers found mice who had no sense of...

ACCC decides major brewers are not unfairly locking out craft brewers

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the contracts between Carlton United Breweries, Lion and licensed venues are “unlikely to substantially lessen competition” despite allegations...