The ban was imposed after China claimed to have detected heavy metal contamination in the lobsters—an allegation that both the government and industry have denied The Tasmanian Liberal Government welcomes the decision by Chinese authorities to lift the import bans on Australian rock lobster. Eric Abetz, Minister for Business, Industry,[Read More…]
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Nescafé renews partnership with Foodbank
The partnership aims to provide Australians facing food insecurity with access to Nescafé Blend 43 and with it, the comfort that only a cup of coffee can bring Nescafé announced the renewal of its partnership with Foodbank, Australia’s largest food relief organisation. The partnership aims to provide Australians facing food insecurity with[Read More…]
Australia’s wine exports increase by 34%
The value of shipments to mainland China increased by $604 million to $612 million, while volume increased by 58 million litres to 59 million litres In the 12 months ended September 2024, Australian wine exports increased by 34 per cent in value to $2.39 billion and by 7 per cent[Read More…]
Humavant 100% human milk-based fortifiers helping premature infants in Australia
Human milk-based nutrition is clinically demonstrated to improve health outcomes in deficient birth weight babies compared to cow milk-based products Prolacta Bioscience, the world’s leading hospital provider of 100 per cent human milk-based nutritional products, announced that a growing number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia now have[Read More…]
Australia’s Pure Dairy partners with USA’s Great Lakes Cheese
The investment from Great Lakes Cheese will provide further impetus to this exponential growth, starting with Pure Dairy’s brand-new Victorian production facility – set to open in 2025 Headquartered in Melbourne, Pure Dairy is an international thought leader and facilitator of global end-to-end dairy trade, food services, manufacturing and branding.[Read More…]
Australian Vintage appoints Craig Garvin as CEO
He is a respected and well-liked leader who successfully led the change at AVG in a challenging environment The Board of Australian Vintage Limited announced the appointment of Craig Garvin as Chief Executive Officer effective Monday, 14 October 2024. “The new Board of Australian Vintage is pleased to welcome Craig[Read More…]
Australia develops unique building to grow precision plant research
As plants grow in the rooms, cameras and sensors will capture images and data for analysis A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies. The University of Queensland’s $65 million Plant[Read More…]
CCEP Australia join Empowered Women in Trades Alliance
The EWIT Alliance has been established to provide organisations, small and large, with the opportunity to support EWIT’s targets Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Australia has become a founding member of the Empowered Women in Trades (EWIT) Alliance. EWIT is a not-for-profit organisation empowering women with the knowledge and skills to[Read More…]
SPC Global and Nature One Dairy create Australian F&B company
SPC is an iconic Australian brand and is the largest producer of fruit, tomato, baked beans and spaghetti processing, packaging, and canning in Australia Two iconic Australian businesses with household brands that have been in the pantries of Australian families for decades are merging, together with the powdered milk business of[Read More…]
Nissin Foods plans to acquire 100% equity in ABC Pastry in Australia
The announcement stated that the acquisition provides the group with a prime opportunity to enter the Australian frozen food market Nissin Foods announced the company (as the buyer) entered into a share purchase agreement with the sellers (Gaoyang Family and Min Investments). Under the share purchase agreement, the sellers conditionally[Read More…]
