A new qualification for food industry professionals has been launched by risk management, standards compliance and information business SAI Global. Starting in January 2016, the Diploma of Food Safety Quality Assurance Management is ...
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Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a marketing claim for its Shapes ...
Arnott’s Biscuits has been fined $51,000 by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over false or misleading packaging. ACCC has slapped fines on Arnott's after the company falsely claimed that its Shapes Light ...
The first Confucius Classroom in Australia's island state of Tasmania opens on Nov 18, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] The opening ceremony of the first Confucius Classroom in Australia's island state of Tasmania was held on Thursday at Scotch ...
Although the preference for Australian over US coal continues, US high vol B is still holding its own in the market. Some buyers are now looking to the next benchmark with expectations of a fall from the current $89/mt FOB Australia. One ...
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Dalrymple Bay coal terminal's exports to India slumped dramatically in October to just 266,700 mt compared with 873,500 mt in September and an on-month decline of 228%, according to shipping data for the Australian terminal released ...
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The Platts JKM for January was down 10 cents over the course of the week to $7.475/MMBtu on Friday, after rolling to become the new front month on Monday, November 16. Buying sentiment for the month continued to soften, with limited ...
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New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra will sell its 50% stake in DairiConcepts to US-based cooperative Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) for NZD$196m ($126.7m) . DairiConcepts is the joint venture between Fonterra and DFA. Under ...
The release of a government report showing the cost of congestion in Australia will balloon by billions of dollars over the coming years serves as a timely reminder to governments to give equal consideration to the movement of freight as is ...
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Coca-Cola South Pacific has re-launched its Appletiser range of sparkling juice with a big marketing campaign that connects Appletiser with celebrations of Christmas and the Australian holiday period. The Coca-Cola Company acquired ...
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The United Nations have declared 2016 to be the Year of Pulses or as Australians refer to them, legumes. Australia is amongst 40 countries participating in the initiative which will launch globally on 6 January 2016. Australia’s ...
Australian business magnate Gina Rinehart has purchased Glencoe Station in New South Wales for $30m, to expand her Wagyu beef operation. The Station, which is a 10,000 hectare property in north of Dubbo, is situated 20km away from the ...
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New Zealand and Australian milk exports are expected to rise following the end of China's one-child policy, writes IndustryEdge MD Tim Woods. There are expectations of six million additional births in China per year, from 2017, for at ...
Streets has dramatically dropped the price of its individually sold Cornetto ice creams to just AUD$2.00. The Cornetto had a previously recommended retail price of AUD$3.30. Along with the introduction of the new price, Streets is ...
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Australian fresh bean exports have hit a record high says vegetable industry representative body AUSVEG. Australia’s fresh bean exports are valued at over 40 times the size of its frozen bean export market. “The export ...
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