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... the australian parliament is facing a proliferation of inquiries by legislative committees to investigate numerous separate food industry issues ... (1) federal inquiry into food processing a federal senate inquiry, to be undertaken by a committee known as the senate select committee on australia’s food processing sector, will investigate pressures facing the australian food processing industry ... a key issue is whether australian food manufacturing is competitive in international markets in the face of challenges that include the strong australian dollar, and questions over levels of investment capital, skilled labour, necessary infrastructure, and the ongoing challenges presented by the australian climate ... (2) palm-oil labelling inquiry in federal parliament the identification of palm oil on food labels is being considered in a federal parliamentary committee inquiry by the house of representatives ... the house economics committee has commenced its inquiry into the food standards amendment (truth in labelling – palm oil) bill 2011 that would, if passed, require makers or distributors of foods with palm oil as an ingredient, to specify the oil as ‘palm oil’ ... (4) federal government’s “national food plan” in june 2011, the federal department of agriculture, fisheries and forestry (daff) released an “issues paper to inform development of a national food plan”, in line with the labor government’s pre-election promise of developing a national food plan (nfp) ... the plan will focus on issues such as food security, food quality, the affordability of food and the sustainability of food

... a leading food industry consultant has warned that more australian food processors will be driven out of business as a result of competition between and commercial powers held by major food retailers ... in a speech to the crawford fund annual conference, held this week in parliament house, canberra, food industry expert dr david mckinna, founder of mckinna et al, said australian food processors’ margins are no longer sufficient to support the reinvestment needed for global competitiveness ... the comments follow recent plant closures or imminent closures of food processing plants around australia ... these have included heinz’s wagga wagga and girgarre factories closed in may 2011, and coca-cola amatil’s announcement last week of the closure of the mooroopna tomato and fruit processing factory of its subsidiary, spc ardmona ... “without doubt, global food companies must all be considering closing australian processing facilities ... ” according to the austrade, trade in processed food products makes up 20 per cent of australia’s manufacturing industry and accounts for around 18 per cent of employment in the manufacturing sector

... waste fibres from the agricultural and food processing industry could be used for the nano-encapsulation of bioactives such as probiotics, according to new research ... the study, published in the journal of agricultural and food chemistry, explored the potential for using soluble dietary fibre from agro-wastes such as okara (soybean solid waste), oil palm trunk, and oil palm frond (leaf and foliage) for the nano-encapsulation of the probiotic lactobacillus acidophilus ... “in view of sustainable development, there is aggressive research in transforming the high-volume wastes which cause disposal and environmental problems to natural resources for the production of sustainable products, such as liquid bio-fuel, fertilizer, fodder, and even human food products,” said the research team, led by min-tze liong, from the school of industrial technology at the universiti sains malaysia, malaysia ... they added that okara, the main solid waste from soy- and tofu-processing industries, contains up to 49 per cent total dietary fibre

... com: “ our food safety group finished off a very strong year with overall sales growth of 12 per cent ... all six operating divisions in food safety achieved sales increases ranging from 2 per cent to 38 per cent compared with the prior year ... in terms of product lines, food allergens led the way in fiscal year 2011 with overall growth of 45 per cent ... ” recent third party market reports indicate the global food safety markets are growing at more than 10 percent per year ... the company’s food safety division markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect food borne bacteria, mycotoxins, other natural toxins, genetic modifications, food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases and sanitation concerns ... ” james herbert, neogen’s chief executive officer and chairman, added: “ the results we are reporting clearly indicate neogen is capturing a piece of the growing global demand for food and animal safety products ... “neogen is uniquely positioned to continue to seize food and animal safety opportunities wherever in the world they may exist from farms, ranches and aquaculture operations, through food processing and food service

... india's new food safety act will strengthen better the ability of regulators and the government to handle food contamination incidents, the head of one of india's top food research institutes has said ... india will put in force on august 5 the food safety and standards act, 2006, which will see the food safety and standards authority of india (fssai), a body formed under the act, legally empowered to handle all food safety issues in india ... the fssai consists of scientific panels that will set standards and regulate and monitor the manufacture, processing, distribution, sale and import of food so as to ensure safe and wholesome food ... “this body will be able to better handle food contamination cases as it will have the ability and talent to trace the source of contamination in processed food more efficiently,” said vinay oswal, director of the national agriculture and food analysis and research institute (nafari) ... oswal added that farmers would also have to adopt good farming practices to prevent contamination of raw material used by food processing units ... according to oswal, the act has asked the food processing units and their suppliers to ensure use of quality agricultural produce and follow standard practices at processing, storage, supply and procurement ... ultimately, it will percolate to the farmers as well, as the procuring party would demand certain good practices and processing methods from them,” he said

... food testing in india got a boost last week when a key government-owned research institute received a grant to set up a new state-of-the-art food laboratory ... according to an official at the ministry of food processing industries, the central institute of post-harvest engineering and technology (ciphet) has been given a us$500,000 grant for setting up a food-testing laboratory ... the grant has been given under the ministry’s goal of further strengthening the food-testing scenario in india , which has come under criticism from experts of being too lax and slow ... “the laboratory will be equipped with new and highly sophisticated instruments for the testing of different food products, which will serve the interest of food products manufacturers and consumers in the northern region,” he said ... the official said that the laboratory as a food testing hub, the laboratory and would offer services to the farmers, small-scale entrepreneurs, and food industries in only the northern part of india ... similar sort of laboratories, some which have been set up and some that will be set up in the near future will undertake food testing in other parts of the country, he added ... the official also said that the food testing discipline in india suffers from some obvious challenges that the government is working to overcome ... he added that india being such a vast country, with a very large and spread out food processing industry, the time frames for food testing have always been lagging, and only more food labs can solve such a problem

... from july 10-13, the australasian food manufacturing industry will descend upon sydney for the much anticipated triennial iconic event: foodpro ... foodpro 2011 has already exceeded the expectations of organisers with a record-breaking number of exhibitors, confidently maintaining its status as the largest food processing exhibition in the asia pacific ... “since its inception in the 1960s, foodpro has become the most influential and comprehensive food manufacturing event in the australasian region, and is much anticipated by the food and beverage processing industry ... “visitors recognise foodpro as an invaluable opportunity to view the latest showcase of products and ideas from the cream of the food manufacturing business suppliers ... foodpro 2011 has assembled the most concentrated convergence of the industry’s most powerful ideas and product showcases including newest food manufacturing industry trends as well as the latest in food and beverage processing machinery, services, technical products, ingredients, flavourings, additives, food safety, micro-biology and testing equipment, packaging, handling, storage, transport, plant equipment, hygiene, water and waste systems, and much more ... foodpro 2011 will be co-located with the 44th annual australian institute of food science and technology (aifst) conference which will be concerned with how food science and technology, including food production and processing, influences food choices ... com for all the details about the australian international food processing exhibition, foodpro 2011

... lord jeff rooker, the chair of the food standards agency, has announced four new appointments to the advisory committee on the microbiological safety of food (acmsf) ... the new members, appointed until 31 march 2015, are: dr roy betts, head of food microbiology, campden bri ms jenny hopwood, company microbiologist, marks & spencer dr goutam adak, head of epidemiological services, health protection services professor jim gray, professor of clinical virology, university of east anglia dr roy betts is responsible for managing a food microbiology team involved in research and testing and is routinely involved in food industry crisis management situations ... ms jenny hopwood is responsible for the microbiological food safety of marks & spencer foods ... she has worked extensively in protein and produce agriculture, chilled and frozen food processing and worked with many different food manufacturing processors in the food industry

... ensuring local food production for a growing population will be a major challenge, as almost all the country's arable land is already being farmed ... "most people eat what they grow, and don't have the means to buy food," says angela hinrichs, a senior operations officer with fao's emergency operations and rehabilitation division ... "burundi's demographic pressure is exacerbated by a massive return of refugees, while climatic vagaries, crop pests and rising food prices pose additional threats to food security ... its objective is to increase food production, especially in the most densely-populated areas, for instance by making quality seeds of high-yielding crops available ... fao also supports income-generating activities, such as producing poultry, vegetables or fruit for sale and food processing

... ecolab has won a prestigious innovation award for what it claims is an industry-first cleaning product that tackles the build-up of zero trans fat oils in food processing plants ... dr robert ryther, ecolab scientist, accepting the ift award the us-based company last week received an innovation award at the annual ift food expo in new orleans for it sanitation product exelerate ztf ... "ecolab developed exelerate ztf as part of our ongoing efforts to deliver the solutions food processors need to produce safer, high-quality products and measurably improve operational efficiency,” said timothy p ... mulhere, senior vice president and general manager, ecolab food & beverage north america ... the increasing take up of using zero trans fat oils to bake or fry food has led to an unexpected problem, as they leave a coating on processing equipment and food contact surfaces that is difficult to remove ... the company said its product helps food processors remove zero trans fat residue from processing equipment and surfaces in “ half the time of other cleaning methods” ... some 53 entries were reviewed based on their degree of innovation, technical advancement, benefit to food manufacturers and/or consumers and scientific merit ... "as food processors made the switch to using zero trans fat oils, they discovered that removal of polymerized soils from processing equipment and environmental surfaces was difficult and time-consuming," said jeff montanye, vice president, research and development, ecolab food and beverage