Russel Rankin – Product Creativity v’s Practicality

We were lucky that Russel Rankin shared with us the up’s and downs of working with creative minds and practical people. Click on the titles below for the slides together with the report Russel mentioned from ReThinkX, The Second Domestication of Plants and Animals, the Disruption of the Cow, and the Collapse of Industrial Livestock […]
Promote Yourself at the FIAQ Christmas Party!

We invite you as FIAQ members to promote yourself/your business at the Christmas Party by giving a “present” to the attendees, this could be a promotional item or similar, such as a Christmas treat with your business card attached. This will need to be a “Christmas Present” not just a flyer handout. We are anticipating […]
Continuous Improvement / Lean Manufacturing Seminar

We were treated to the inspiring, funny and very knowledgeable Akinori Hyodo and Ben Sparrow for our Continuous Improvement / Lean Manufacturing seminar yesterday evening, our 80 delegates learnt about Kaizen method used at Toyota Japan.
Foodstream and FiE (Food Industry Engineering) Courses

FoodStream Pty Ltd is a private R&D company offering a complete range of professional technical consulting services to the food processing industry, including a range of specialist training courses. Foodstream and FiE (Food Industry Engineering) are running two training courses in the coming months. Retort Supervisor’s (Thermal Processing) Short Course Food Drying Technology short course […]
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT delivered by lean manufacturing world expert Akinori Hyodo

Akinori Hyodo, former final assembly factory manager for Toyota in Japan and Senior Consultant for lean consulting firm Shinka Management, to provide a presentation for FIAQ Members and guests on the topic of the Toyota Production System Check out our events page for more details!
A reason to celebrate local products this Christmas

The Australian Made Campaign is urging shoppers to support local manufacturers, farmers and retailers by looking for the Australian Made, Australian Grown logo this Christmas. Australian Made Campaign Chief Executive, Ben Lazzaro, says the instantly recognisable (99%) and widely trusted (86%) green and gold kangaroo logo is the easiest way for shoppers to identify […]
Listeria Outbreak Investigation

BIOSECURITY & FOOD SAFETY Listeria Outbreak Investigation Click here to read the Summary Report for the Melon Industry, October 2018 Published by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Final QA Management Seminar for 2018! Register now!

Our final QA Management in the Food Industry Seminar is approaching fast,.
Introduction to Jaymak SE QLD – Commercial Equipment Sanitisation Services

FIAQ Food Community – Meet our members! FIAQ MEMBERS FOOD COMMUNITY We want to hear about your business! Promote your business or product through FIAQ Do you have a story that you think the Queensland Food Industry will be interested in? A new product? The success or a story about your business? We want to […]
QA Seminar #3 – Poultry

Another successful and engaging QA seminar was held this week presented by Dr Tony Pavic of Baiada. It was well received by those lucky enough to attend. Here are some of the comments left by our industry peers What did you most enjoy? Great content, great speaker, great to meet and network, also great to […]