The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which develops international food standards, has adopted more than 30 new international standards, codes of practice and guidelines to improve worldwide food safety...

A number of leading players in the Australian dairy industry have cut prices paid to farmers, sparking fears that it could force a number of suppliers out of the industry this year. Major milk processors...

Consumers are reportedly responding well to the increased information offered by unit pricing, according to some of the leading supermarket chains. Unit pricing law came into effect on Wednesday, although...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the all clear for Baiada Poultry to purchase the owner of the Steggles brand (Bartter) in a deal that will create a new market leader in the...

A new report released last week has shone the spotlight on food production as the food needs of the global population are expected to soar by around 50 per cent in the next 40 years.The report, produced...

Nearly 40% of Aussie mums are raising fussy eaters – a problem that’s costing time, money and extra effort in the kitchen, the NestlĂ© National Voice of Aussie Mums* survey has found. The survey...

Research on the disease-preventing, health-promoting benefits of meat and meat products makes them a viable contender in the functional food arena, according to the Institute of Food Technologists. Enriching...

In 1854, Ike Hill took a job as a ‘Butcherboy’ on a convict ship bound for Australia. Since then the Hill family has been involved in butcher retailing and lamb exporting and wholesaling, trading...

With the second-highest recorded cereals crop expected this year and stocks replenished, the world food supply looks less vulnerable to shocks than it was during last year’s food crisis, FAO said...

CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship and Australian company Stadvis Pty Ltd have signed a worldwide license agreement to commercialise an automated instrument that accurately predicts glycemic...