Jungle perch could soon be making a comeback in Queensland waters with the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) receiving A$483,000 in funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation to accelerate fingerling production.
As Australian Food News reported last week, Brumby’s Bakery made the mistake of suggesting in its internal newsletter that its members should raise their prices and blame the recently introduced Federal government Carbon Price.
Empower Foods has recalled Empower Power Wraps and Tony Ferguson High Fibre Wraps from health food stores, online, and from chemists selling Tony Ferguson products in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.
The Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) says that the nation’s new ‘independent’ Alcohol Advertising Review Board (AARB) should be scrapped for lack of results.
New research launched today by the Australian Diabetes Council to mark Australia’s Diabetes Awareness Week maps a direct correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and heart disease across the state.
A new research that analysed 235 types of rice from around the world has found that most varieties had low to medium Glycemic Index (GI), a finding which shows that rice can be part of a healthy diet for the average consumer as well those with diabetes.
Fishermen say alarm bells are ringing after the fleet managed only 60 per cent of its coral trout quota this season.It's the jewel in the crown of Queensland's seafood industry.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has changed its stance towards the proposed Health Claims Standard, which government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has been developing for more than a decade.
Australia’s GMP Pharmaceuticals hopes to tap into the infant formula potential in China with its pharmaceutical-grade production facility in New Zealand.
Marketing healthier foods, or better brands, or using innovative food ingredients or processes, can involve a regulatory minefield of Health Claim hazards.