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A Northern Tasmanian farmer has lashed out at McCain over contract potato pricing, as Australian consumer watchdog ACCC begins an investigation into the potato processor.

La compañía australiana tna, líder en soluciones integradas de procesamiento y empaque de alimentos, abrió una oficina y centro de capacitación en México para brindar nuevos servicios y un soporte técnico mejorado.

In New Zealand, a three month test of a new Pulsed Electric Field Technology (PEF) unit from Elea, from Germany, started at McCain Foods Timaru and involves industrial-scale food processing of french fries.

The Australian Industry Association AUSVEG has published a Potato Growers’ Biosecurity Manual, a guide to farm biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of weeds, pests, and diseases impacting production.

A research project in New Zealand is determining if different field soils affect development of powdery scab on potatoes, and whether soil physical, chemical and/or biological characteristics influence this important potato disease.

Packaging and Processing Equipment Manufacturer tna has introduced the tna intelli-sys iPS 3, a high-performance data collection and reporting tool to provide manufacturers with insight into all their production processes.

With the new Shake Shake range McCain Foods Australia takes hot potato chips from the side of the plate to the centre of attention.

In Western Australia, a surveillance program to assess if the last year detected tomato potato psyllid (TPP) carries the zebrachip disease pathogen (CLso), did not identify a single case of the pest - with over 10.000 psyllids tested.

Ishida and Heat and Control are establishing a stronger collaborative alliance to provide food industry customers with full 'end to end' processing and packaging solutions.

West Australia’s struggling potato industry is poised for recovery after the State Government chipped in nearly $750,000 (USD 580,000) towards expanding processing and exports.

La compañía australiana tna ha presentado en la feria Anuga FoodTec de Colonia, Alemania, una nueva versión de su sistema insignia de aplicación de sazonado en la máquina, el tna intelli-flav® OMS 5.1.

La compañía australiana tna presentó en la feria Snaxpo (Atlanta, EUA), el robag® 5, primer sistema de formado, llenado y sellado vertical (VFFS) de velocidad de la industria.

Potato farmers could see Eastern States markets reopen in the near future which are still closed to WA following the tomato potato psyllid outbreak last year.

Villagers of the Districts of Yawe and Tavuki (in the province Kadavu, Fiji) heard that the government was promoting potato farming in a select few provinces of Fiji and that Kadavu was one of them.

​More than 300 seed potato farmers across South Australia and Victoria will be celebrating after last week's breakthrough in securing new market access to Indonesia.

Sabine Tanios es candidata a doctorado en Tasmania y trabaja en una investigación que trata de averiguar por qué y cómo las papas desarrollan esa coloración verdosa.

Processing and Packaging Equipment Manufacturer tna appoints of Jonathan Rankin as Chief Sales Officer (CSO).

La compañía australiana tna ha ampliado su línea de soluciones de pelado al vapor de alta eficiencia Florigo ultra-peel® SSC 3 para papas, minizanahorias y otros vegetales.