Popular pre-mixed vodka drinks brand Mishka, distributed by Pinnacle Drinks, is celebrating what it says is a whole new era for its range, now coming to market with vibrant, fun and quirky packaging, and in 100 per cent recyclable 330ml slender cans.

Applications are open for the 2023 South Australian Premier’s Food and Beverage Industry Awards, with a focus on sustainable practices, plus mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

Chobani says its newest charity partner, Eat Up, supplies more than 13,000 meals to children in moderate to severe food insecurity, across 623 schools around Australia every week.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and global trade fair group Koelnmesse will partner at this year’s Anuga, the world’s largest food and beverage trade fair, to discuss challenges facing the worldwide food industry.

With calls for an extra $45 million for food relief programs and a proposal for rapidly disbursable stand-by disaster relief fund ignored in the recent federal budget, the sector is turning to industry partners even more.

Artificial intelligence will be used to to scan honey bees for bee pest Varroa destructor at the Port of Townsville following the installation of Purple Hive Project technology. The pest was recently found in Australia for the first time, in New South Wales.

A combination of South American heritage and entrepreneurial drive saw Jenny Carrasco and Justin Hickey investigate producing a more sustainable bottled water. The result is Pure Mist.

The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS26) has wrapped up it latest session, hosted by Australia, by developing standards for trade in safe food.

As Thomas Foods’ new meat processing facility in Murray Bridge is now operational and set to commission production, it has launched a major recruitment campaign.

Bonfiglioli Australia has appointed Kris Jaryn as the new national manager for heavy duty industries. He will be responsible for growing market share in the heavy duty industries.

The 2023 Taste of Tropical Queensland Showcase in Cairns welcomed around 80 buyers and distributors, and 32 food and beverage exhibitors from the region.

Alternative proteins think tank Food Frontier (FF) has appointed Dr Simon Eassom as its executive director. He replaces Jane Sydenham-Clarke, who resigned earlier in the year.

Australian Made Week is the ideal time to highlight the quality of Australian manufactured goods, Australian Made CEO Ben Lazzaro says, launching the third Australian Made Week on 15-21 May.

The next cohort of dynamic talent to be selected for the Australian grape and wine sector’s flagship leadership development program Future Leaders has been announced today, selected from a field of more than 100 applicants.

Foodbank, OzHarvest and SecondBite say the government’s failure to allocate an additional $45 million per year to the sector in the 2023 budget is “devastating”.

Support for SMEs and start-ups, energy price relief, and industry commercialisation initiatives are key parts of this year’s federal budget that affect Australian food and beverage manufacturers.