Researchers at University of Adelaide, Australia, are collaborating with an international team of researchers from Italy, to develop better quality pasta, which also offers health benefits.
A lack of science and knowledge about Australia’s recreational fishing catch is “killing us internationally”, a House of Representatives committee inquiry has heard.
Australia’s much debated and contested ‘container tax’ is one step closer to being implemented with a key government body giving its consent to the initiative.
Australasian food processing major Goodman Fieldr has inked an agreement to sell Integro, its commercial oils business, to a consortium comprising of GrainCorp and Gardner Smith.
Australian grain handler GrainCorp has agreed to acquire Australian oilseed crusher Gardner Smith for A$302m ($313.82m) as well as Goodman Fielder’s commercial oils business Integro Foods for A$170m ($176.65m).
A Bill passed by the House of Representatives last week will, if it becomes law, strengthen the compliance powers of the Commonwealth fisheries regulator. The Bill has now been referred to the Senate.
Hydropower dams planned for the lower mainstem of the Mekong River could decimate fish populations and with them the primary source of protein for 60 million people.
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is reminding fishers that the Murray cod and Murray crayfish fishing season will close from next Saturday, 1 September.
One of Australia’s oldest but most respected dairy groups Bulla Dairy Foods has been on the recruiting march and has recently signed up two of Australia’s top dairy marketing people to help with its next stage of expansion through innovation.
Melbourne’s Vue de Monde was named Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year at this week’s awards ceremony in the Great Hall of the NGV International to celebrate the launch of The Age Good Food Guide 2013.
Government officials, livestock leaders, scientists and peak industry stakeholders met in Sydney this week to review Australia’s preparedness and response capacity for any foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
Australasian food company Goodman Fielder has entered into an agreement to sell its Integro oils business to a consortium comprising GrainCorp and Gardner Smith for A$170m ($176m).
Australian Food News previously reported on the follow-up to the death of a Melbourne teenager Sara Milosevic, who died in June 2011 following consumption of three cans of a caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
One of Australia’s large dairy processors, the ASX-listed Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings (WCB), has today announced a strong net operating profit after tax of $15.2 million for the year ended 30 June 2012.