For ensuring everyone living in residential aged care receives nutritious meals
The government in Australia is increasing its commitment to improve food, nutrition and the dining experience in residential aged care by establishing a food unit in the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. The ...
Asia-Pacific region takes first step towards global food regulatory cooperation
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea recently hosted the 1st Asia-Pacific Food Regulatory Authority Summit (APFRAS) to discuss regulatory harmonisation and establishment of an international coor...
Due to outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department at Hong Kong has announced that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 av...
UAE’s principal exports to Thailand are ethylene polymers, gold, vegetable residues
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Thailand have agreed to begin negotiations to establish a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, according to a joint statement sign...
For every person in Korea to utilise food information and data conveniently
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea has been implementing a pilot project of providing food product information with the ‘Smart Food QR’ since September 2022. The Ministry will now ex...
Consumer choices in an experimental online grocery store indicate the likely impact of a new labelling system in Singapore
Singapore’s new mandatory labelling system—called Nutri-Grade (NG)—is likely to encourage consumers to purchase beverages with lower sugar content, suggests a trial by...
Must be graded A, B, C or D according to the Nutri-Grade grading system which is based on the beverages’ sugar and saturated fat content
From end 2023, the Nutri-Grade labelling requirements and advertising prohibitions will be extended to freshly prepared beverages intended for sale at specif...
Increased support for the joint Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project as acute food insecurity intensifies
Since 2021, the $127 million Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project (FSRRP) has been jointly implemented by FAO, the United Nations Development Programme (UN...
Azelis generated free cash flow of EUR 275.1m, an 81.4% increase over the prior year, despite continued investments in working capital to support strong performance.
Revenue of EUR 3.1bn, representing year-on-year growth of 52.5% driven by organic growth of 25.8%, M&A growth contribution of ...
Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD) is spearheading advancement in early childhood development while exploring key trends, R&D, collaborations and sharing interventions, policies and practices.
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To safeguard food safety and sanitation for consumers
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) is launching an Inspection Project for Breakfast and Brunch catering of 2022 to inspect a variety of breakfast and brunch shops as well as samples, and test their products in conjunction with Pub...
Vietnam exported more than 600,000 tons of mangoes, worth 310 million USD to 53 countries and territories. Vietnam’s mango’s importers are Russia, the US, South Korea, the European Union, Australia and China, demanding markets such as Japan.
The free trade agreements that Vietnam has signed ...
Fonterra has announced it will exit its businesses in Russia. This follows the Co-op’s decision to suspend shipments of products to Russia at the end of February.
CEO Miles Hurrell says “our first step following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was to establish the safety of the team in Russ...
The historic shipment took place just two weeks after Saudi Arabia lifted a 18-year ban on Thai chicken and egg imports.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) says it has sent the first shipment of chicken products to Saudi Arabia since 2004 after five CP Foods’ chicken plan...
The main goal of the pilot was to generate Key Data Elements (KDEs) for shrimp farms that are automated, independently verifiable and cost effective. In late 2021, Thai Union began piloting the use of satellite imaging (aka earth observation or remote sensing) for shrimp farming operations in collab...
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA) jointly launched a Price-Quality (PQ) tender for food fish farming at a State land parcel at the east of Pulau Ketam. The island is located at the south of Pulau Ubin. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA...
To strengthen the consultation and provide assistance for the health food industry
The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan has issued the amendment to "Regulations for Application of Health Food Permit", in 2020, relating to the submission of supplementary documents as well as information throu...
Agro-forestry and fishery product exports increasedAccording to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the export turnover of agro-forestry and fishery products in September 2021 was estimated at 3.49 billion USD, bringing the total export value of the first 9 months of 2021 to 35.54 bil...
