Agriculture ministers from all states and territories have endorsed the new Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry, however farmers have expressed concerns over the proposed implementations.

The sixth annual Tasting Australia Spirit Awards are now open, calling on distillers from around Australia to submit their entries to any of the 11 award categories.

Australian cultivated meat start-up Magic Valley has signed a memorandum of understanding with simulation software company, Biocellion SPC, to research cellular behaviour in bioreactors.

Pernod Ricard Winemakers’ new high-speed combination can and small format bottle line, the fastest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, is catering to growing demand in the RTD sector.

The Australasian Plant Based Association says its upcoming summit (17 July) will investigate how to increase the amount of plant-based food and beverage products consumers buy in their everyday purchasing decisions.

In its latest move to restructure the business, Treasury Wine Estates says it is divesting its commercial winery Karadoc, in Victoria and vineyards in Victoria and New South Wales.

Alternative proteins industry think tank Food Frontier says its latest report, Alternative Proteins and Asia, identifies the top five Asian countries for Australian and New Zealand businesses to investigate.

Rivalea will invest than $20 million into its Corowa site to improve and strengthen its operations and growth across fresh and value-added pork products supplied to Australian consumers and key export partners.

Coles has launched the annual SecondBite Winter Appeal to help more than 1100 community organisations across the country feed Australians in need.

More than half consumer packaged goods manufacturers say inflation is the biggest external obstacle in 2023, while 42 per cent are accelerating digital transformation projects to keep pace with competitors, Rockwell Automation’s latest report into the CPG sector found.

Lyre’s latest funding round raised almost £18 million (AU$34.6m). It was led by DSquared and Morgan Creek Consumer Fund, which oversaw the brand’s 2021 valuation increase to $500 million.

The Clean Energy Regulator has verified ALDI Australia’s transition to 100 per cent renewable electricity in the release of its 2023 Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency (CERT) Report.

Australian fintech company Zeller says its inaugural Small Business Resilience Report reveals 80 per cent of companies surveyed reported supply costs increasing more than 10 per cent in the past year.

Steggles has launched its nationwide ‘Host a Roast’ campaign, to support families of seriously sick children. Encouraging Australians to ‘Host a Roast’ for Christmas in July, Steggles will contribute 30 cents from each Steggles Family Roast sold to selected charities.

AgriFutures Australia is investing nearly $1 million into the Australian jackfruit industry to help it develop commercially viable processed products. A niche market in Australia, the industry has significant growth potential.

The world’s most recognised cat, that ginger, lazy, mouthy furball called Garfield, has fallen in love with Cucina Classica's Australian-made lasagne.