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Australian food industry

Cooperative Research Centre for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science

In the core strand, The Australian food industry, you will learn to describe the activities carried out in one organisation within the food industry. Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) are research organisations focused on particular aspects of the food industry.

Outcomes

This material addresses aspects of the following syllabus outcome:
H3.1 The student investigates operations of one organisation within the Australian food industry

Source: Board of Studies NSW, Stage 6 Food Technology Syllabus, Preliminary and HSC Courses (1999)

The CRC for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science  has a very informative web site. The newsletter 'Bites' changes regularly and is worth checking for up to date information.

The fact sheets outline innovations in food manufacture and packaging science.

Select any of the fact sheets to gain an overview of the innovation. Summarise your findings in point form.

The information you gather may be useful for any of the following strands:

• Food manufacture
• The Australian food industry
• Food product development
• Contemporary food issues - Marketplace.