Who hasn’t felt nervous before an audit? There is so much pressure today on food safety professionals to accomplish successfully audits, especially when we have a big client requiring it or a certification
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Push to take ‘milk’ away from non-dairy alternatives
Dairy advocacy group Dairy Connect has initiated an online petition aiming to stop makers of non-dairy drinks using the word ‘milk’ to describe their products.
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Egg producer penalised $750,000 for misleading ‘free range’ claims
The Federal Court has ordered Snowdale to pay penalties totalling $750,000 for making false or misleading representations that its eggs were ‘free range’.
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Treasury Wine wins Penfolds trademark case in China
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has won the right to use the trademark "Ben Fu", a transliteration of the word Penfolds, for use in China.
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Small manufacturers will get into the zone at foodpro
Australasia’s iconic food manufacturing event, foodpro, will be partnering with Food Innovation Australia (FIAL) in a brand new initiative: The Supply Chain Integrity Zone.
Security in the supply chain
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Stainless steel pipe conveyor for food makers
Exair has added smaller and larger sizes to the air operated 316 Stainless Steel Threaded Line Vac conveyor product line, which is designed to convert ordinary pipe into a powerful in-line conveying system
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Rosella flies off with new branding
Rosella is set to unveil a new logo this November, which the company claims will be the most dramatic change in the company’s visual identity for 20 years.
According to Senior Brand Manager, Kristine
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Thomas Foods International faces prosecution after worker injury
Thomas Foods International is being prosecuted after a backpacking meat worker sustained severe burns when he fell into a bath of harmful cleaning chemicals.
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EasyMeals admits misleading consumers
Online food retailer EasyMeals by Flavour Makers has admitted misleading customers with its claims that its meals were suitable for all diabetics and with its free meal offers.
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Dick Smith wins fight to keep Ozemite on shelfs
The Federal Court of Australia has decided that Dick Smith can continue to sell his OzEmite yeast spread, despite it having a similar name to another brand AussieMite.
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ACCC takes action against Heinz over ‘healthy’ toddler food
The consumer watchdog is taking action against Heinz for marketing a food which contains 60 per cent sugar as good for toddlers.
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Potato farm fined over worker death
Oakville Produce’s potato farm has received a $187,500 fine after a truck driver was killed by a forklift in December 2013.
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‘Free range’ egg producer found guilty of deceiving public
Major Western Australian egg producer Snowdale Holdings has been found guilty of falsely claiming some of its eggs were free-range.
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Murray Goulburn to defend itself against class action
Murray Goulburn will fight a class action claiming the dairy co-operative allegedly made misleading claims in its Product Disclosure Statement last year.
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NSW bakery fined over salmonella outbreak
Betta Maid, an Unanderra bakery which closed last year, has been fined for selling unsafe food and breaching hygiene standards.
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Clean room differential pressure monitor
In order to monitor differential pressures in clean rooms, defined as a room in which the concentration of airborne particles is maintained within established parameters, ALVI offers a differential pressure
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ACCC skewers Primo, KR Castlemaine & Otway Pork over labelling porkies
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has concluded investigations into alleged misleading conduct in the pork industry arising from ‘free range’, ‘bred free range’ and ‘bred outdoors’ labelling.
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Court battle comes to an end
Select Harvests and Almas Almonds have settled court proceedings by reaching a confidential agreement.
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7 steps to meet the new Health Claims Standard
Food manufacturers have seven months to get to grips with new food labelling laws regarding nutrition and health claims.
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Bonsoy settles for $25m
Bonsoy soy milk has agreed to compensate nearly 500 victims $25m, in the biggest payout for a food safety case in Australia.
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