The University of Queensland (UQ) has officially opened its new $60 million Biosustainability Hub, already working with companies on future food ingredients to accelerate an Australian and global transition to a sustainable bioeconomy.

Castlemaine artisan producer Long Paddock Cheese has been named Best Australian Cheese at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards, putting the small Central Victorian fromagerie alongside Europe’s leading makers.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on an application to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to permit the use of Suprême SAS’ (Parima) cell-cultured duck biomass.

GS1 Australia has used the 52nd anniversary of the first barcode scan to urge Australian businesses to upgrade their point-of-sale (POS) systems to read 2D barcodes, such as QR codes, alongside traditional barcodes.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will begin monitoring supermarket pricing from 1 July, when a new excessive pricing prohibition covering Coles and Woolworths comes into force.

With finite time, capital and resources, food and beverage companies must decide where to invest today in order to create opportunities tomorrow. In an industry where compliance, credibility and consumer trust are increasingly important, those decisions can have a significant impact on long-term success. Virtual Headquarters CEO, Emma Davison, shares insights from years spent working alongside Australian small businesses at every stage of growth.

Six String Brewing Company has gone into voluntary administration after operating for 13 years and 18 months since moving to a larger premises in Erina on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Vow co-founder and CEO, George Peppou has stepped down as CEO but will remain with the cultivated meat company as an executive director. The new CEO is Alex Andrews, who joined the company as chief of staff at the beginning of the year. Peppou is heading up a new start-up that has been spun out of Vow

Noumi and Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) are working together on a project to produce and scale recombinant bovine lactoferrin using yeast.

Wine Australia is running a coordinated program of trade, education and promotional activity across the Asia Pacific, backed by federal government funding, as the sector works to rebuild demand in China and diversify into Southeast Asia.

Australian beef exporters face a 55 per cent tariff on shipments to China for the rest of 2026 after the country exhausted its annual safeguard quota in under six months, removing tariff-free access to one of the sector’s largest markets.

A Western Australian truffle grower says it has unearthed the state’s first cultivated white truffle, opening a potential new product line for a region that already supplies the bulk of the Southern Hemisphere’s black truffle.

Victorian producer, Doreen Egg Aust, has paid $39,600 in penalties after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued two infringement notices over alleged false or misleading claims that its eggs were free range.

A coalition of global food waste organisations has called on the COP31 presidency to turn existing commitments on food loss and waste into funded policy. It’s a move with direct relevance to Australia, which holds the presidency of negotiations for this year’s climate summit.

Inghams has placed its Western Australian farms and processing operations into complete lockdown after authorities confirmed Australia’s first detection of the high pathogenicity H5 avian influenza strain that has spread globally since 2020.

The a2 Milk Company is set to return $300 million to shareholders after securing Chinese regulatory approval that finalises its acquisition of the a2 Pokeno infant formula facility in New Zealand.