Australian Food industry Flashcards
What is the Agri-food chain and how does it work?
Each sector relies on each other and cannot exist independently 4 main sectors: - Agriculture & fisheries - Food processing & manufacturing - Foodservice & catering - Food retail
What does the Agriculture and fisheries sector consists?
Agriculture: preparation of soil, selecting of seed, sowing, fertilisation, irrigation, harvesting, storage, breeding, transporting.
Fisheries: commercial catching of fish or any other aqua species
Aquaculture: cultivation & harvesting aquatic plants
What’s involved in the food processing/manufacturing sector?
most food produces in agriculture and fisheries undergoes some type of processing before sold.
-Value adding from packing fruit and veggies into convenient size bags to complete formation of a biscuit
What occurs in the foodservice and catering sector?
Involves all food, items served to customers
ie, school canteens, restaurants, takeaway food stores, catered functions.
What is food retail and what does it entail?
Where consumers can purchase processed food items
ie. Woolworths, Coles
Vary what is sold depends on size
Define emerging technology for the food industry.
New technologies that are currently developing
Give examples of recent development/emerging technologies in food retail sector.
- Convenience Meals
- Self-serve checkouts
- Trolleys that add up and find products for you (future)
Give examples of recent development/emerging technologies in the agriculture and fisheries sector
Aquaculture
Give examples of recent development/emerging technologies in the Foodservice and catering sector
Online booking and ordering (uber eats, menu log)
Define Biotechnology
Genetic Manipulation
Define genetic engineering
Involves incorporation of genetic material from an organism into another to develop living organisms with more desirable characteristic.
What is a functional food?
Food that surpasses the basic nutrients found in foods that have proven health benefits
eg. probiotics in yoghurt & high fibre in bread
What is organic farming and why is it beneficial?
Alternative to using synthetic chemicals that have increased in popularity over recent years.
Benefit: yield from farms are over but the soil is better + no runoffs, often better flavour.
What is sustainable food production?
- No damage to environment
- Multicropping, crop rotation
- Reducing pesticides
- Focus on soil health
Why is sustainable agriculture important?
Running out of land = need to start using effectively
- eco friendly
- global warming due to runoff
- runoff harm
Explain what extrusion porosification technology is and who is developing it
CSIRO working with French company which is producing this new spray drying technology
uses lower temps which use less energy than reg spray drying = causes less damage to foods flavour and nutritional composition
Discuss the new juices created by high-pressure pasteurisation
- each bottle loaded into cold pressure processing machine which is filled with water.
- machine switched on creating hyperbaric pressure
- Extreme pressure kills micro-organisms that spoil juice.
What is an advisory group? Give examples
Independent organisation that advises organisation on the development of policy and legislation eg. Heart Foundation, FSANZ
What is a policy?
A strategy developed to address a particular area of concern
eg. Trade policy
Give examples of nutrition based policies
National Public Health Partnership Nutritional Strategy and Action Plan
- Eat Well Australia 200 - 2010: Which examines ways to reduce obesity
- Girls make your move: Encourages girls to be active and maintain an active lifestyle
Discuss Australia’s free trade agreement policy
Allows Australia to export and import freely where no problems / diseases
What is the role of FSANZ?
- Review of food standards code
- Develop risk assessment policies for imported foods
- It works with Australia and NZ to develop standards for
what is in our food, how it is labelled and food safety
What is the role of CSIRO?
- Does all the research in all sectors of food industry
- Established 6 national flagships
- works with farmers, government and research teams to develop innovative agri-food ad processing technologies to increases prosperity and sustainability in Australias agri-business sector
Long terms: - increased exports
- Production of healthier foods
- Improves farm profitability
