Australia’s largest food manufacturers and quick service restaurants have forged a landmark new alliance to address important health, nutrition and chronic disease issues. Officially announced during the NSW Food Forum in Sydney today (August 18), the formal partnership betwee...

Maggie Beer Products has recalled a line of chicken stock because of the risk of food poisoning. The affected product is Maggie Beer Chicken Stock in 500ml pouches with a best before date of June 3, 2011. Tests indicated the presence of food poisoning bacterium Clostridium...

Running a poultry farm in a way that caused suffering and distress to animals in his care has landed an Auckland poultry farmer in prison and cost him the right to own broiler hens for 10 years. Gerard Francis Van Den Bogaart, trading as Golden Harvest Poultry, was sentenced o...

Ministers responsible for food regulation in Australia and New Zealand met in Melbourne today (Friday) where they finalised a draft Intergovernmental Agreement that will assist Australian consumers and industry to understand food regulation in Australia. Chaired by the Australia...

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has released the latest findings from its Imported Food Monitoring Program. Assistant director of monitoring and verification Glen Neal says NZFSA’s monitoring program has put finfish and dried plums to the test. In the finfish survey, 20 s...

There are a number of government initiatives across Australia and New Zealand which assist local businesses in breaking into foreign markets. Andrew Ferrington, director of the Export Development Branch of the Victorian Government, spoke to OnFood about how it all works. "We s...

AgriFood Skills Australia will outline today (Tuesday 20 April) its broad new reforming agenda for skills and workforce development for the $240 billion agrifood industry. CEO Arthur Blewitt said sweeping new measures would be needed to meet a forecast 50 per cent rise in glo...

Victorian chicken growers and processors are likely to continue collectively negotiating contracts for another five years. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft decision proposing to re-authorise collective bargaining arrangements put forward by...

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, has welcomed the passage of legislation to make trans-Tasman litigation simpler, cheaper and more efficient. “These reforms will move legal co-operation between Australia and New Zealand to a new level by providing greater certainty for bu...

A campaign by US state and local authorities to tax sugary beverages should exclude flavoured milk drinks, says the dairy industry. The proposed tax to cover obesity-related health costs could revive a national debate successfully blocked last year by the $110 billion soft dri...

Surveys sent to certified organic operators around Australia over the next two weeks signal the start of the second Australian Organic Market Report (AOMR). Certified organic operators nation-wide are being encouraged to make their participation a top priority. The report i...

By Gene Park of Honolulu Star Bulletin Local chefs are crying foul over a bill that would ban foie gras, the fattened liver of duck or geese that some consider a delicacy. Foie gras with strawberries are prepared tableside at Michel's at the Colony Surf Restaurant. A bill propo...

Food and beverage product innovation would be stifled under the provisions of the federal Government’s proposed new Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive Legislation, Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) Chief Executive Kate Carnell claims. Carnell said AFGC w...