A $1.85 million support package for the South Australian wine industry will help it prepare to re-enter China, South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, announced following the news China had lifted its tariffs on Australian wine.

Former director of Bellamy’s Australia, Jan Cameron, has been fined $8000 following her conviction for using an offshore corporate structure to hide her substantial holdings in the company.

Suntory Oceania will be the exclusive ANZ manufacturer, sales, and distribution partner for the US energy drink, Celsius. The deal should see the functional beverages on the market in late 2024.

Personal health, sustainability, and enhanced sensorial experiences are the biggest consumer themes that will shape the food and beverage sector across the region, according to the latest research by Kerry. Kerry ANZ Business Development director, Taste, Emma Stride explains.

The federal government has welcomed China’s decision to remove the heavy tariffs it imposed on the Australian wine industry in November 2020. In its 28 March announcement, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said the situation in China’s wine market had changed so the “anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariff” was no longer necessary.

Entries are now open for the annual Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards. Open to commercial food producers of all sizes, it is one of the largest programs of its kind. 

Victorian brewery, Bodriggy Brewing Co, is the first brewery in the state to achieve carbon-neutral certification and only the second in Australia to do so. The independent Abbotsford-based brewery achieved certification under the federal government’s Climate Active program.

According to Rabobank data, Australian consumers are facing higher chocolate prices heading into Easter, with retail chocolate prices up 8.8 per cent on the previous year as global cocoa prices soar.

In the ultimate “it’s just not cricket” news, Belgian researchers have used a machine learning method to make better tasting alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers.

With a federal inquiry into food and beverage manufacturing in Australia announced last week, committee chair Rob Mitchell is calling for companies of all sizes to share their experiences. CEO of the Sunshine Coast project, Turbine, Andrew Eves-Brown says it’s timely due to the current focus on SMEs in the sector.

A delegation of West Australian sheep and cattle producers is on a mission to the UK, meeting with market buyers and hoping to unlock new trade opportunities for the state. 

The high achieving world of automation – the side of industry many never see – is opening up a broad range of satisfying careers for women entering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), automation and robotic fields. Swisslog ANZ senior solution architect, Sally Renwick, explores the opportunities.

An impressive number of quality entries across The Hive Awards’ nine categories created a highly competitive line-up for judges to consider the exemplar of excellence and innovation in Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing sector.

The West Australian government’s Agrifood and Beverage Voucher Program has completed its fifth round, awarding 61 SMEs access to expert advice on building resilience, sustainability, competitiveness, scale, and export preparedness into their operations.

A study by LaTrobe University researchers found German and American consumers found foods labelled plant-based were more appealing than products marked as vegan or vegetarian, but does the finding ring true for Australians?

The Australian Distillers Association and Diageo Australia say economic modelling they commissioned show the spirits industry has the potential to rival wine exports and become a $1 billion export powerhouse if policy and regulatory barriers were eased.