Food safety stories

Boroondara selects Datacom Datascape to overhaul property, rates and permits systems, aiming for streamlined services and future AI automation.

AI, IoT and automation are transforming cold chain logistics as stricter rules, pharma growth and online groceries drive rapid change.

Langdon to pour over NZD $15m into a new South Auckland hub, doubling capacity to feed surging demand for third culture cuisine.

Tesco is piloting next-generation 2D QR codes to boost transparency, cut food waste and meet tougher EU product data rules.

Bigmate has launched its ACIS AI quality platform on Equinix infrastructure in Sydney, targeting global growth in industrial automation.

LabelBlind raises USD $500,000 seed funding to expand its AI-driven food labelling platform across 30+ global markets, speeding compliance and exports.

Jet Technologies created vibrant foil lids for Wicked Sister’s limited dessert range, aligning with the Wicked: For Good film’s UK cinema launch.

Nearly half of Australians avoid daily cleaning, turning to AI appliances like Samsung's smart vacuums and fridges for easier household chores.

Retail Insight has enhanced its WasteInsight platform with AI tools to help UK grocers cut food waste, optimise markdowns, manage donations, and improve food safety compliance.

Onside has launched PCBU Enterprise, a digital platform designed to enhance safety coordination across agriculture supply chains in Australia and New Zealand.

AlayaCare has teamed up with Simple Foods to enhance its Residential Platform, enabling aged care providers to meet new dietary standards and improve resident meals.

The Food Standards Agency is partnering with Aiimi to deploy AI-driven search technology to enhance food safety assessments and expedite new product applications.

Siemens Digital Industries Software teams up with FoodChain ID to enhance its Xcelerator software, integrating critical compliance data for the CPG sector.

Lumachain, an AI supply chain platform from Sydney, secures a minority investment from Chipotle's USD $100 million Cultivate Next fund to enhance food supply transparency.

Australia's food sector eyes AI to boost efficiency and transparency. While major firms embrace AI, smaller players need strategic guidance to leverage its benefits.

Chirp Network partners with Farmsent to bring IoT connectivity to over 160,000 farmers, aiming to optimise the global food supply chain and increase small farmers' profits.

Rockwell Automation and NZ-based Tasti Products partner for digital transformation through Plex system, augmenting business analytics and real-time shopfloor insights.

The number one priority must be consumer safety and new technologies such as blockchain have the potential to shake up the global trade of food.

International trading partners first learnt of threats to contaminate New Zealand-manufactured infant milk formula with 1080 poison in February, more.

Skellerup's 1H profit dips by 10%, missing targets, with zero growth forecast amid Aussie mining sector cutbacks.