One of Australia’s major organic certifiers, Australian Organic, has launched a new campaign fronted by celebrity chef and Australian Organic Ambassador Pete Evans. Australian Organic said the campaign...

A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL)...

A new website aimed at improving Australians’ knowledge of substantiated health benefits of vegetables has been launched. The ‘Veggycation’ website (www.veggycation.com.au) explains the health benefits...

Consumers crave more information about how their food is produced, and especially about the potentially harmful ingredients that are not included in the product, according to new research from Cornell...

New packaging that helps supermarkets and consumers tell how fresh fish is being developed by PhD candidate Jenneke Heising from Wageningen University in The Netherlands. The research behind the packaging,...

US-based wine company Truett-Hurst Inc. has launched a paper wine bottle, branded PaperBoy, which is a moulded outer shell in the shape of a wine bottle, made from recycled cardboard and a plastic liner. Truett-Hurst...

A new series of masterbatches of anti-microbial plastic, which have anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, have been developed by UK plastics and tagging technology company, Symphony Environmental...

The Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo has been formally trademarked in South Korea, in what the Australian Made Campaign is calling a “branding breakthrough” for Australian exporters. The...

The scientist who turned fresh-cut apple slices into a popular convenience food has turned his attention to developing coatings for food that are invisible, edible, colourless, odorless and tasteless. Attila...

Children who have higher levels of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical previously used in many products for children, such as baby bottles and plastic toys, had higher levels of obesity and adverse levels of...