Manufacturers of pies and pasties in the UK may need to find ways to make the products healthier if sales growth is to be sustained once purse strings loosen, according to MeatProcess.com.
The Avocado Industry Council is predicting an export crop of 1.78 millions trays this season, 300,000 less trays than predicted before the storms, according to the Bay of Plenty Times.
The Chinese central government has called for stringent regulation on the production and marketing of melamine to avoid the use of melamine in the food and feed industry, according to ChinaDaily.com.
The six planned models will expand Toyota's hybrid engine range of vehicles that run on petrol and electricity at a time when rivals such as Nissan are developing all-electric vehicles.
Surfing the internet rather than snacking on the couch seems to be the Aussie thing these days. Vegemite, Tim Tams and Coca-Cola have given way to technology companies Google, Apple and Sony as the nation's most loved brands, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
According to a UPS Asia Business Monitor survey 78% of Chinese SMEs currently conduct their business in the Asia-Pacific, compared to 6% in the United States and 10% in Europe.
Due to the strong recovery of China's imports and exports, the Port of Shanghai's total container throughput in the first eight months of 2010 stood at more than 19 million standard containers, making it the largest container port in the world, according to People’s Daily.com.
Robots from MARRS could one day run automated farms in Australia, a researcher from the University of Queensland was quoted saying in the Sydney Morning Herald.
A study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the amount of data downloaded in the June 2010 quarter increased by more than 50% compared to the same period a year earlier.
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is aiming to draw up a new voluntary code of practice on country of origin labelling (COOL) by the end of November, according to Food Manufacturer.com.
