Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a proposed primary production and processing standard for meat in Australia. The proposed standard provides a national “whole...

CHEP Australia and ALDI Australia have launched a new generation reusable plastic crate that will see fresh produce packed delivered directly to shop floors. Launched on 23 August 2013, the new crate will...

Metcash Trading Limited has issued a recall for its Black and Gold Broccoli Florets (frozen) from IGA stores, Foodworks and independent grocery stores in ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, and VIC due to the presence...

New Zealand based dairy giant Fonterra has said that Chinese authorities have not imposed a ‘blanket ban’ on imports of the Company’s products after the announcement of a contaminated batch of whey...

New Zealand-based dairy manufacturer Fonterra has announced a ‘quality issue’ involving three batches of a particular type of whey protein concentrate (WPC80) produced at a single New Zealand manufacturing...

Australian parents of children with food allergies appear to be complacent about warnings on product labels, regardless of their child’s history of anaphylaxis, according to research published in the...

More than 50 per cent of analysed apple juice and rice samples had levels of mycotoxins produced by fungi that exceeded the maximum limits laid down by law, according to researchers from the University...

China’s largest meat processing enterprise, Shuanghui International Holdings Limited (Shuanghui International) has announced a US$7.1 billion merger with the largest global pork producer, US-based Smithfield...

Freedom Foods is opposed to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (the AFGC) proposition that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) alter the definition of ‘gluten-free’ in Australia and,...

Confectionary manufacturer Wrigley has taken its new caffeine-added chewing gum, launched in the US in April 2013, off the market after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began an investigation...