The experts established that even though all the regions had the potential to produce rice on a large scale, the Central Region was more endowed.Ghana is receiving $9 million support from the Republic of Korea to develop a rice industry in the Central Region.The choice of the region for t...
The government is expected to submit a bill to the National Diet next year to revise the food sanitation.The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Japan is planning to set up a nationwide system via which companies will be required to report all food recalls to town, cities and prefectures, with the...
The plan prepared by the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control will rate the restaurants based on the level of their food hygiene as three-star, two-star, one-star and star-less.The government in Nepal is planning to categorize restaurants operating in the country into four grades.
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Putting listeriosis on the list of statutory infectious diseases can help the authorities to trace the origin of any unknown food safety incidents. The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan plans to name listeriosis, a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacteriu...
The project, which will end in mid-2019, will categorise approximately 100 kg samples of the waste.In the coming month of December, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is expected to start a waste audit of shopping malls, hotels, supermarkets, hawker centres, food manufacturing and food catering e...
The PSQCA, which operates under the ministry, is charged with developing and overseeing national standards. Creation of an inter-provincial committee has been proposed by the Pakistan Business Council, under the Ministry of Science and Technology for formulation of harmonized national food standards...
The CFS has contacted South African authorities over the issue and will closely monitor the information issued about avian flu.China’s Food Safety (CFS) authority has banned the import of chicken and eggs from the Free State with immediate effect. This is due to an outbreak of bird flu in...
The five-year project worth $ 9.35 million aims to reduce rural poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition in 24 gewogs of Haa, Chukha, Sarpang, Dagana and Samtse.A food security and agricultural productivity project launched in Bhutan is expected to benefit 10,000 households in five dzongkhags.
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China has delayed enforcing sweeping new controls on food import. China’s new control policy on food import is at a backfire as countries like the United States, Europe and other trading partners have complained against it that such a step would disrupt billions of dollars in trade is taking t...
The minister for national food security and research said that the zero hunger program and other projects, such as Kissan package, are efforts to ensure exports and availability of farm inputs at affordable prices to uplift the plight of small farmers who constitute nearly 80 percent of the farms an...
The initiative will be implemented as a comprehensive national program across the island.Sri Lanka government will launch a week-long National Food Production Battle under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena in October to revive agriculture and ensure food security.
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The Australian agri-business & food delegation is a part of the 150-member business delegation, which visited India as part of the Australia Business Week in India 2017.A 25-member business delegation from Australia visited India for exploring long term partnership in agriculture and food sector. Th...
Thailand took the initiative when the National Save Food Network was established in September, 2014 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, the FAO, and a number of other concerned partners.Save Food, which was first held in Berlin in 2001, will be part of Pack Print International 2017, the...
With this award, Pullman Dubai Creek City Centre is truly providing customers peace of mind regarding food safety.Pullman Dubai Creek City Centre has received the ISO 22000:2005, a food safety management system, which can be applied to any business in the food chain from farm to fork.Pullman Dubai C...
Food surveillance systems have been installed at over 170 food businesses.Shanghai is working towards becoming a national food safety model city. A self-evaluation is to be submitted to the Food Safety Commission of the State Council early next year in terms of fulfilling 90 requirements made up fro...
A deal for Bangladesh to buy an additional 200,000 tonnes of Thai rice has yet to be sealed as the two countries are still negotiating a price. Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy 1 million tonnes of Thai rice a year, and agreed to start talks with Thailand on forming a ...
The ECOsystem process converts food waste into several revenue producing bioproducts including bioethanol, high value protein, fertilizer and potable water. Greenbelt Resources has officially received “Eco Friendly Technology” registration for its ECOsystem process. The certification was...
Though no tax has been specified yet, it will be based on how much sugar a drink contains. Thailand will phase in a sugar tax over six years in a bid to help drinks manufacturers to lower their sugar content and take advantage of a simultaneous lowering of tax on sugar free beverages.
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