Simplot food processing plant has been given a $1.5 million federal grant from the $840 million Clean Technology Investment Programs to upgrade its freezing tunnels at a vegetable production site.
Specialist conveyor belting firm Rydell Industrial (Belting) has launched a range of industry certified metal detectable cords and belts suitable for use by the food industry.
Fonterra Brands Australia has pulled tubs of its vanilla custard off supermarket shelves after a product sample tested positive for listeria monocytogenes.
Australia's threatened wheat supply has a chance of survival after
rainfall in parts of the country has produced a glimpse of hope in
the midst of the third worst recorded drought, writes Lorraine
Heller.
AWB Limited is to invest A$36 million (€21m) to construct new grain
receival centres in Northern New South Wales, Australia, this year
to drive down wheat growers' supply chain costs.