When screening your production environment for total counts, coliforms or pathogens, microbiological swabbing is still the gold standard. Dry tipped swabs need to be moistened manually by the operator...

This article  is written by Cathy Pryor and is published with permission of ABC Radio National where the article first appeared. The original article  can be accessed here.   The World Health Organisation...

Israeli scientists have discovered that the immune system may play a key role in weight management.   As part of a study researchers found that mice lacking a certain immune cell gained weight and...

A new study has found the best evidence to date proving that people eat and drink more when large tableware is used.   The research from the UK’s University of Cambridge found that if large portions...

The southern hemisphere’s largest food trade event, Fine Food Australia, is returning to Sydney this Sunday, the show will bring with it the biggest and best showdowns in the industry! A greatly anticipated...

A new study predicts nearly a third of South Australian residents will be obese by 2019.   The research published in the latest Australia New Zealand Journal of Public Health says 28.7 per cent of...

Australia’s largest study comparing private and branded label products has found the average salt content to be significantly lower in private label products.   Lead author Helen Trevena, from the...

Naturally purple-fleshed potatoes may aid in killing bowel cancer stem cells, according to a team of international researchers who found that compounds in the colourful veggie suppressed the spread of...

Health conscious Australians are making beetroot a kitchen staple according to AUSVEG’s Project Harvest consumer research.    Interest in beetroot has boomed among shoppers keen on in its nutritional...

Subway has launched a new marketing campaign which positions its food as ‘fuel’ for Australians who want to get the most out of life.     The “East Well Go…” campaign has been created externally...