Patties Foods has reported a sharp fall in profit following a write-down on its frozen fruit business.

Fonterra has announced that Gary Romano, the dairy company's MD of NZ Milk Products - the business unit responsible for the whey protein botulism scare - has resigned.

Construction of a $40 million long life milk facility, a joint venture between Freedom Foods Group and Australian Consolidated Milk, is underway at Shepparton in northern Victoria.

Woolworths has signed up SPC Ardmona as the new supplier of its Woolworths Select canned apricots, peaches, apples and pears.

JBS Australia and Primo have signed on with Foodbank to launch a beef initiative to provide welfare agencies with more than 130 tonnes of sausages every year.

The Australian government has confirmed that no consumer products have been affected in the Australian marketplace by Fonterra's whey protein contamination issue.

Local food companies and safety professionals have been named as awards finalists by organisers of the 20th Australian HACCP Conference.

One of Australia's largest meat processing companies hopes to take a slice out of its carbon bill with a biogas project that will turn its waste water into energy.

The NT government will reinstate a container deposit scheme (CDS) it placed on hold earlier this year, and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) is not impressed.

As the genetically modified health debate rages on, Kathy Cogo from Australian Organic explains the reasoning behind its zero tolerance stance.

Coopers beer sales have risen 8.3 per cent in the 2012-13 financial year and its products now account for around 4.5 per cent of the Australian beer market.

Manufacturers of infant milk powder, sports drinks and animal stock feed are among those affected by a whey protein contamination announcement by Fonterra.

Australian packaging company, Amcor will spin-off its local metal canning, glass bottling and fibreboard business and its packaging distribution assets into a separate entity.

Peak dairy body, Dairy Australia is ramping up its campaign to win back market share from the makers of milk replacement products and even sports drinks.

Coles and Woolworths both lost a little momentum in the home brand milk market in the year to March according to Roy Morgan Research.

Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory (WCB) was expecting its 2013 net profit to fall by at least 80 per cent, but the company has issued a more optimistic forecast.