Retailers, including Coles and Woolworths, are working with the Office of Fair Trading to identify a brand of tongs which is believed to be the possible cause of metal found in food products around Australia...

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Egg Group has warned that egg prices will have to rise if fuel costs continue to soar. VFF Egg Group President Brian Ahmed claimed the egg industry was a victim of...

South Australia’s wine makers and grape growers are the first industry group in the nation to sign an agreement to accurately track and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Mike Rann signed...

Discussion about unit pricing has been a hot topic in the Australian press for months, but what is the debate really about? Australian Food News spoke with Dr Alan Kallir, who made a submission to the...

Adding of an illegal preservative to minced lamb and selling excessively fatty lamb sausages has copped a Western Sydney butcher a $5,500 fine, Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald said today.The...

AsureQuality’s Melbourne based food laboratory operations have entered into a strategic partnership with Dairy Technical Services Limited (DTS), creating the single largest independent food testing...

McDonald’s is attempting to appeal to the growing number of Australian consumers looking for environmentally friendly products. Via their McCafe outlets, McDonald’s are planning to ensure that...

It now appears that unit pricing will be prevalent in Australian supermarkets within 12 months in the wake of comments made by Chief Operating Officer of Coles, Mick McMahon, at yesterday’s hearing...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) resumed their grocery price inquiry in Melbourne yesterday, with Coles the latest supermarket to be put under the spotlight and forced to deny...

Parmalat Australia Limited has confirmed their interest in purchasing Dairy Farmers via a proposed joint venture with leading Australian milk processor, Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co. Limited. The Italian...