Simplot has today advised employees that its vegetable processing plants in Bathurst in NSW and Devonport in Tasmania are under threat of closure.

Coles managing director, Ian McLeod, has defended the retail giant's efforts to pare down its prices at the expense of suppliers at a business lunch this week.

MOI International has had to pay two fines worth a combined $20,400 because of misleading claims it made on its product labels.

Coles has floated a plan to create its own panel of approved field agents who would go out to food suppliers to tender for their services.

The Australian Institute of Building has applauded the innovative design and engineering delivered during the construction of Primo's smallgoods facility in Brisbane.

An imminent application by the AFGC to broaden the definition of the term 'gluten free' in Australia is meeting opposition from some food manufacturers.

The WA brewer of Little Creatures craft beer, is poised to open a brand new brewery in Geelong, Victoria and has already begun brewing on the recently commissioned site.

Australian organic snack food company, Whole Kids, has become the first Australian food company to be named a Certified B Corporation for its ethical practices.

Woolworths' direct marketing wine retailer, Cellarmaster Wines, has been fined $110,000 for sending marketing messages that did not comply with the Spam Act.

The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) has named two food industry innovators as award recipients ahead of its July convention.

Newly elected Australian Food and Grocery Council chairman Terry O’Brien says it’s time consumers understood the future consequences of unsustainable price cuts.

Kraft will tonight kick-off a new TV ad campaign that seeks to recapture the hearts of empty nesters who have drifted away from the Aussie classic, Vegemite.

The government has set 16 goals to help capitalise on the rising demand for food in Asia in Australia's first ever National Food Plan.

Food industry regulatory burdens will become the subject of a Productivity Commission review as part of the National Food Plan which will be launched on Saturday.

CUB's Victoria Bitter, is back in the flow, with its parent, SABMiller, announcing sales had grown for a second quarter in a row after more than a decade of decline.

The Beverages Council has joined the AFGC in voicing concern over a proposed container deposit scheme being spruiked by environmental groups.