Malaysia has joined the Asia Pacific Food Regulatory Authority Summit (APSRAS) after its cabinet approved its membership. The country wants to strengthen its regional role in transforming food safety governance through digitalization.
It joined APFRAS with the objective of transforming food safety ...
Three months every year, July-August-September, is when the monsoon season across India becomes a hotbed for waterborne and food-borne diseases as well as other fungal and skin infections. High humidity, water logging and flooding, breeding of insects, and unsafe or exposed storage and handling of f...
For decades, India's food policy has been judged by one overriding metric—whether there is enough food to feed its population. That approach helped the country overcome chronic food shortages and transformed it into one of the world's largest producers of cereals, milk, fruits and vegetables. ...
In the hotel and retail industries, food safety is often associated with what customers can see: clean dining areas, professional staff, beautifully plated meals, and a positive guest experience. However, some of the most significant food safety risks are often hidden beneath the surface. Among thes...
Food safety is now a much more lively topic of discussion in India compared to a decade back. Customers are now posing good questions. They want to know about the origin of their food, the processing methods used in making it, and its overall safety profile. This is good, as food safety should not b...
"Healthy." "Natural." "Organic." "Vegan." "Zero maida." For nearly two decades, adjectives like these have done a great deal of commercial heavy lifting on Indian food labels, and they have done it largely unchallenged. That era is now drawing to a close.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of ...
Every August, countries in Southeast Asia come alive with expressions of national pride. Flags appear outside homes, familiar songs return to the airwaves, and communities gather to reflect on where their countries have come from and where they are going. ASEAN Day falls on 8 August, followed closel...
Think about the last time you blamed a food for how you felt. Maybe it was the dahi at lunch, so you skipped it for a week. Then it was the wheat, so you switched to millet rotis. Then it was dairy altogether, so you started ordering black coffee instead of chai. Most of us have run this exact exper...
There is a phenomenon which any person who spends some time in the realm of biology can discover sooner or later. When most people come to a clinic because of their persistent health issues, the biology behind those problems have often been developing for years before that. The diagnosis is new. The...
For decades, weight management has traditionally been framed around restriction: eating smaller portions with less calories yielded a lower number on the scale. But that equation is beginning to change. Increasingly, consumers are looking beyond calorie counting and more towards sustained energy, me...
When Bangkok's heat index crossed 52°C in May this year, it was more than a weather headline. It underscored that heat is no longer a seasonal discomfort. It is becoming a daily stress test for how people work, commute, exercise and function in their daily lives.
As these conditions become more...
By John Jose, Marketing Director, Tetra Pak Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines & Indonesia (MSPI)
Health is no longer something consumers think about occasionally; it is something they actively manage every day. Across Asia Pacific (APAC), this shift is becoming increasingly visible, with more...
The World Bank's warning that nearly 30 per cent of food produced in South Asia is lost or wasted, an amount sufficient to feed nearly 300 million people, deserves urgent attention from policymakers. Speaking at the workshop "Unlocking Value: Advancing Food Processing for Employment Generation ...
By Christian Philippsen, Managing Director, BENEO Asia
Every year, the mid-year school holidays change the rhythm of family life. Snackboxes are replaced by long afternoons at home, quick outings or playdates, tuition breaks, and more frequent requests for a midday snack.
Biscuits, pastries, ...
Max Kushnir, Co-founder, Sova
Gut health has never been more talked about or more misunderstood. Walk into any pharmacy, scroll through any wellness feed, and you'll find a probiotic for every occasion: stress, immunity, bloating, skin, sleep. The category is booming. But beneath the noise, a fu...
Dr Shilpa Vora, Chief R&D Officer, Marico Limited
The evolution of consumer health rarely arrives with a dramatic breakthrough. More often, it unfolds quietly, in everyday choices.
It shows up in a commuter stirring collagen into their morning coffee, a young professional reaching for a p...
Munish Sharma, COO, Compass Group India
As the world marks World Food Safety Day on June 7, food safety is emerging as a business imperative that goes far beyond regulatory compliance. In an era of increasingly complex supply chains, large-scale food operations, and evolving consumer expectation...
Arvind Patel, Managing Director of Bharat Vedica a Patel Venture
Not long ago, stocking the kitchen was a fairly mechanical affair. People bought rice by the cheapest sack, oil by the familiar tins, and flour from whichever brand the local kirana shops happened to carry. Few asked where any of i...
