Published: Dec 25, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The Australian Government has called for nominations for the Wheat Industry Advisory Taskforce.

Published: Dec 24, 2012 By: Greg Roberts

Clean Seas Tuna is fighting for survival after failing to find a desperately needed partner for its troubled yellowtail kingfish business.

Published: Dec 20, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The Hillshire Brands Co. has signed an agreement to sell 100% of the shares of its Australian subsidiary Kitchens of Sara Lee Pty Ltd. to a subsidiary of McCain Foods Ltd..

Published: Dec 20, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has welcomed the annual update of Australia’s agricultural statistics that shows earning and farm exports are up in 2012.

Published: Dec 19, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The George Institute for Global Health and Bupa have developed a new smartphone app, which enables customers to identify the salt levels in a food product.

Published: Dec 19, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Petaluma, an Australia-based winery owned by The Lion Group, is to build a new winery on the Adelaide Hills at Woodside farm in South Australia.

Published: Dec 19, 2012

Lactalis Jindi Pty Ltd has recalled Jindi and Wattle Valley Brie and Camembert (1kg) from independent supermarkets and delicatessens in Vic, NSW and QLD due to potential Listeria contamination.

Published: Dec 19, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Australian exports to China during November set new record monthly volumes for beef, lamb and mutton.

Published: Dec 19, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Australian beef and veal exports during November were steady year-on-year at 90,042 tonnes swt, with declines to Japan and somewhat surprisingly the US, supported by significant increases to Korea, Canada and China.

Published: Dec 18, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Penfolds, an Australia-based wine producer owned by Treasury Wine Estates, has released Grange collection in the UK with a price tag of £1.2m.

Published: Dec 17, 2012 By: Foodmate team

An Australian company is thinking big - taking on US giant Costco in the battle for the hearts and minds of Brisbane shoppers.

Published: Dec 17, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Gourmet Trading Company announced today that is has won the WorldStar Award in the Food Category for its Two Piece Display-Ready Asparagus Shipper from the WorldStar Packaging Organisation.

Published: Dec 17, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Thirty-six per cent of Australia's beef exports go to Korea, but the industry says exports from the United States are starting to eat in to their market share.

Published: Dec 14, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Australian farm income is expected to remain strong but ease slightly through 2013 with the exports forecast for primary industries predicting a strong year.

Published: Dec 13, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has granted Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification to Australia’s Tassal, the first salmon producer in that country to be certified at farm level.

Published: Dec 12, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The researchers at the Queensland Department of Agriculture are developing a new hybrid fruit pina-colada type fruit, which is a combination of pineapple and coconut.

Published: Dec 12, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Children who consume high amounts of salt are likely to consume more sugary beverages, putting them at risk of unhealthy weight gain and obesity

Published: Dec 12, 2012 By: Foodmate team

South Australian meat processing giant T&R Pastoral and Holco Meat have joined forces to create the largest Australian-owned meat processing and packing company.

Published: Dec 12, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Australia is about to start selling its first Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified Spencer Gulf King Prawns in the Japanese retail chain Aeon.

Published: Dec 11, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Commercial shellfish harvesting has resumed in most areas of Tasmania's east coast but the scallop fishery has closed early because of a toxic algal bloom.