Russia has banned Australian chilled and frozen beef from today over claims it has detected trenbolone, a growth stimulant, which it says is unsafe.

Garlo's Pies, the Sydney-based bakery business founded by former rugby league captain Sean Garlick, is expanding into Queensland.

foodpro 2014 is drawing exhibitors from China, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Singapore, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, according to its organisers.

Lion says it has yet to work through the implications of the loss of a private label contract in Victoria and WA with Woolworths to rival Fonterra.

Goodman Fielder will speed up cost-cutting as a result of deteriorating market conditions, and is predicting lower than expected full-year financial results.

The new owner of WCB, Canadian company Saputo, has announced the closure of four plants in North America as part of an operational efficiency drive.

Patties Foods has appointed Steven Chaur, the former regional MD of industrial company Saint-Gobain, as its new managing director.

The first official Star Trek beer is set to make first contact in North America following a partnership between TV network CBS and a Canadian brewer.

Fonterra reported a net profit after tax for the six months ended January 31 which was down by 53 per cent over the same period a year earlier.

The gluten free movement continues to gather pace with George Weston's Burgen Gluten Free bread launch, and Barilla's introduction of a new pasta product.

The government's new 'root and branch' review of competition law is one of the most significant reviews in a generation according to the AFGC.

The demonisation of sugar was the hot topic at Australia's non-alcoholic beverage industry conference, ausdrinks, which was the held on Queensland's Gold Coast this week.

Food and coffee manufacturer, Cerebos, is closing its south Auckland processing facility and moving its food production to Sydney.

Dominique Ansel, the inventor of the doughnut croissant hyrbrid known as the cronut has come up with another dessert fusion concept.

Organisers of foodpro 2014 say the show is on track to become the largest foodpro event to date thanks to strong demand for exhibition space and an increase in early registrations.

The AFGC has welcomed the Government's Omnibus Repeal Day Bill which was introduced yesterday to help reduce the regulatory burden on businesses.