According to Australian Food News, the industry will be receiving $6.4 million to begin innovating within the food industry. With this money, the federal government is hoping to stimulate local jobs as well as increase the amount of technology and technology improvements.
Some of the projects the company is working on includes:
installing laser-guided cutting 'robots' to maximise yield and efficiency in a slaughter room and adopting innovative chestnut-peeling equipment, to bring offshore processing back to Australia.
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