PLAY PKN: Video Bulletin 28 June

In the news: Women in Packaging Awards, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Pact Group, Result Group, Australian Table Grape Association, GS1 Australia, BioPak, Rainforest Rescue, AIP, National Food Waste Summit.

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Food & Drink Business

Pure Foods Tasmania (PFT) has commenced contract manufacturing for Sydney-based smoked seafood producer Brilliant Food Australia, in a strategic step to increase utilisation at its Woodbridge Smokehouse facility in southern Tasmania.

Australia’s spirits excise has increased to $107.99 per litre of alcohol, in the first automatic tax rise of 2026, and renewing calls from peak bodies for reform of the country’s alcohol taxation system.

Noosa Chocolate Factory has appointed Marcus Raward as its new CEO, as the company prepares to enter its next phase of growth.