West Australian Premier, Alan Carpenter, has called for better labelling of foods that contain Genetically Modified (GM) ingredients and an immediate halt to the approval of all GM foods in Australia until...

In the midst of an escalating global food crisis – precipitating riots in several countries – the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has outlined their worries about the “knee-jerk leap”...

A report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that cocoa flavanols, which are naturally occurring plant compounds, may provide benefits to people with Type 2 Diabetes. The...

Brewer Lion Nathan has bought American wine importer Cumulus Wine Inc. (CMI) – a subsidiary of the NSW-based Cumulus Group. Lion Nathan plan to use the purchase to establish a new wine platform for...

The April estimate of retail trade has been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics with the trend estimates unchanged from March this year. Food retail has experienced weak trend growth for the...

Higher fuel and food costs and other economic pressures are having a pervasive impact on how consumers shop, cook and dine, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2008...

Giant NZ dairy firm Fonterra is just six weeks away from going live with their online trading platform – ‘GlobalDairyTrade’. The platform plans by Fonterra were announced in April this year...

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has called on Melburnians to support tomorrow’s “Plug the Pipe” Rally claiming that any threat to irrigated agriculture would result in higher food...

In response to rising production costs some brewers are shifting their business focus to target the potentially lucrative ‘luxury’ market, while many others look to the premium market to drive...

A new industry grant, to a team University of Queensland researchers, is expected to lead to an improvement in foods provided to elderly patients with swallowing difficulties. Led by the Australian Institute...