Packaging

George Weston Foods has followed up Tip Top's new facelift with a campaign aimed at giving the bread brand a refresh.

The Heart Foundation will retire its red and white tick as the Health Star Rating System takes over food packaging.

A Melbourne dairy processor is embedding laser coding into infant formula tins heading to China to reduce the risk of contamination.

Taylors Wines has introduced a temperature sensor on the back label of some of its wines after discovering 82 per cent of consumers are drinking them at the wrong temperature.

Jose Navarro's design for a rice dispenser box walked off with the top prize at the Cormack Innovation Awards.

John West has sought to boost transparency of its canned fish products with a new traceability capability.

New options for free-range egg labelling could be on the cards according to a consultation paper released this week by Australia's consumer affairs ministers.

Coca-Cola is rolling out smaller bottle options after seeing double-digit growth during trials of the 390ml size.

Asahi Super Dry has launched new packaging for its bottled 330ml product six-pack baskets and cartons throughout Australia.

The government's new food labelling system has been met with criticism from groups claiming there are still “gaps” of information which can't be adequately filled by apps.

The second phase of the Health Star Rating (HSR) awareness campaign, worth $2.1 million, has kicked off.

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Choice has pointed to several products that are being marketing as healthy options but perform poorly under the health star rating system.

Private label brand owners are moving from 'me too' copycats to disruptive innovators - and winning awards along the way.

Plasdene Glass-Pak has acquired West Australian-based Silverlock Packaging in a move that expands its geographic coverage, product offering and team make-up.

Supply chain company Chep Australia and social enterprise Thankyou Group have both found new ways to support people in need.