Food Industry

Hit early and hit hard by the pandemic, Australia's seafood industry hopes a new marketing campaign will help fill the void by increasing domestic consumption.Key points:Australia's seafood industry has developed its first whole-of-industry marketing campaignTwo of the industry's three key markets were wiped out by the coronavirus trading downturnThe industry…

Kevin Hockin closed down Collage Coffee, his L.A. coffee shop, on March 19. With a light blue marker, he scribbled “We will reopen at a time that is less full of pandemic” onto a piece of paper, taped it to the shop’s window, and headed home. Less than two weeks…

Elementar UK, which produces elemental analysers and isotope ratio mass spectrometers for the food safety sector, has suggested that a ‘growing influx’ of adulterated and fraudulent products have been ‘flooding’ the market over the past six months.Over the summer, Interpol and Europol coordinated Operation Opson IX, during which more than…

VIC PremierThe Victorian Government’s partnership with the Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations is harnessing the power of Victoria’s native food with significant grants to boost Aboriginal Victorian-owned businesses working to develop the industry.The Djakitjuk Djanga program, which translates to “Country’s Food” in Dja Dja Wurrung language, provides $2 million…

The review is being headed by the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (DISER)and has just concluded its public consultation process, although the evaluation process is expected to continue for another six months.As part of the proposals, the authorities are considering advancing digital labelling technology.“The 2016 CoOL reforms…

TANAH MERAH: There is sufficient food supply in areas under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) and there is no need for panic buying following misleading information. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry ll Datuk Che Abdullah Mat Nawi said the government, especially his ministry, had no problem in…

In part three of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News outlines critical steps companies should take to prepare for a remote audit.  As new technologies and work methods make their way into the food industry, companies have the option to step away from traditional in-person auditing processes…

Boston, MA  (RestaurantNews.com)  Samherji, a leader in the European seafood industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Boston-based Aquanor Marketing, Inc., a premier importer, distributor and marketer of the finest quality fresh seafood. Aquanor has been one of Samherji Group’s leading customers for more than a…

Loading... The Spanish eat out the most, it seems, enjoying an average 4.3 meals per week outside the home. — Picture from knape/IStock.com via AFP-RelaxnewsPARIS, Oct 21 — People in Spain eat out an average of 4.3 times a week according to data published by catering industry specialists Gira, coinciding…

This will be the four industry giants’ main topic of dicsussion at our Growth Asia 2020 interactive broadcast session on Plant-Based Innovation​ next week and across the board, representatives from all four firms unanimously agree that the plant-based trend in Asia is going to be a lasting lifestyle change for…