Recently Diemen Pepper, a small farm in the far south of Tasmania, hosted a visit from a Dietary Supplement Facility inspector from the Office of Regulatory Affairs of the US Food and Drug Administration!
Although these inspections are normally confined to significant manufacturers, it appears that Tasmannia Pepper has popped above the radar, despite having just [...]

ANFIL board member has had a busy time. Last week he was at the Royal melbourne Show promoting his Creative native meal solutions range and ANFIL as well.
In September he was in Alice Springs – wowing them with his Australian native food cuisine at the 2011 Alice Desert Festival.  Andrew was the special guest host [...]

Work has just begun on a new project to generate data for the FSANZ nutritional panel calculator – the tool used by formulators, chefs and manufacturers to produce the (legally required) nutritional panels we see on all our retail products. Very few native foods areincluded in the FSANZ database, and ANFIL, with help from RIRDC is [...]

Two spice and herb extract combinations from galangal (Alpinia galanga), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), and lemon iron bark (Eucalyptus staigerana) were evaluated for their ability to inhibit the growth of inoculated Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus and naturally present spoilage microflora on cooked ready-to-eat shrimp stored for 16 days at 4 or 8°C. A combination of [...]

ANFIL, through New Rural Industries Australia (NRIA), are applying for a registration permit for the use of the herbicides, Basta, Glyphosphate and Sprayseed on the following crops: Syzygium lehumannii, Syzygium fibrosum, Syzygium anisatum, Backhousia citriodora, Citrus australasica, Solanum central, Citrus glauca, Davidsonia jerseyana, Davidsonia pruriens, Davidsonia johnsonii, Terminalia ferdinandiana, Kunzea pomifera, Santalum acuminatum, Tasmannia lanceolata [...]

The Desert Knowledge Australia Outback Business Networks is holding another virtual trade fair which allows local and native producers from across Australia to showcase their products to potential new customers/suppliers etc by linking up via video conferencing technology.  Producers will be able to “virtually” showcase their products to 9 locations around Australia including Kalgoorlie, Exmouth, [...]

Does anyone   know of  who may be growing smilax glyciphylla (sweet sarsaparilla) ? I am after a kg or two of fresh leaves for a research program being conducted by a food and wine division of the University of Adelaide— any possible contacts? Please contact Warren Jones, Tumbeela Native Bushfoods, PO Box 80 Verdun SA 5245, [...]

A one-day course on Myrtle Rust recognition, reporting, risk assessment, and management concepts and techniques. A registration form PDF http://anbg.gov.au/anpc/courses/Myrtle%20Rust%20June%202011/Registration%20  is on this website. 
 WORKSHOP DATES AND LOCATIONS – 6 June 2011,  9.30am – 5.00pm,  Central Coast – Gosford  and 8 June 2011, 9.30am – 5.00pm, Hunter region – Newcastle
 

As part of the important native food industry research progam, a range of useful and interesting publications can be found on the RIRDC website. Some of the latest offerings include Understanding cropping behaviour of riberries, Defining the unique flavours of Australian native foods and the health benefits of Australian native foods. Check out the website: [...]

It is great to see Australian native foods being appreciated around the world. We recently found that the website worldrecipebook.com had discovered one of our great native foods – desert limes – and were clearly impressed. Take a look for yourself and get inspired! Here is the link http://www.theworldrecipebook.com/index.php?location=articles&acat1=1&mode=view&aid=162&article=Australian+Desert+Limes