The Federal Parliament’s Economics Reference Committee will undertake a six-month inquiry into food certification schemes, including halal certification.
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After reading the report issued by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade into the cause of the fire that ripped through Melbourne’s Lacrosse tower in November last year, it struck me how similar the issues highlighted by this incident are to the Insulated Sandwich Panel exposure faced by many Australian Food and Beverage organisations. In particular, the legal action being considered by…
Malware presents as one of the biggest threats to Australia, with cybercrime costing roughly one billion dollars per years. This is projected to rise still with cybercrime being increasingly endorsed on criminal market platforms and becoming increasingly complex.
A poultry worker, recently fired for being intoxicated at work, has won an unfair dismissal case against her former employer. Despite being seemingly intoxicated at work, sleeping on shift, and unintentionally causing the death of up to 50 chickens, Heidi Cannon successfully won her case against the poultry company who were ordered to pay her compensation and superannuation in recompense for the decidedly unfair termination of her employment.
A common misconception amongst Australian Food and Beverage businesses, who don’t consider themselves to be online organisations, is that they are immune to cyber-attacks. However, the 2014 Trustwave Global Security Report found that 18% of all cyber-attacks in 2013 involved Food and Beverage companies, second only to retail merchants (at 35%). Our digital business landscape is rapidly changing. The vast…
A suspected outbreak of salmonella has left 250 Brisbane conference-goers ill.
Michael Nickols, the former operator of The Champion Bakery located at Beverley in Adelaide has been fined $160,000 for numerous food safety breaches.
The Copa Brazilian Churrasco Restaurant has been ordered to pay out two children over a mass food poisoning incident last year on top of an estimated $1m in payouts to other victims.
World’s largest companies say water problems will result in a substantive change in their business, operations.
Bera Foods has paid a penalty of $10,200 following the issue of an infringement notice by the ACCC.