The debate over junk food ads in Australia has shifted base with the country’s pro-environment party calling for a ban on such ads on Internet and mobile text messages as well.
Dietary exposures to harmful chemicals and contaminants were “well below” the reference health standards for a wide-ranging selection of foods and beverages, as indicated by a major Australia-wide report.
Concerns that an icy children’s treat being sold in Australia and New Zealand contains artificial colourings that are harmful to health have been dismissed by the region’s food safety regulator.
Health products, such as cordyceps and functional beverages have helped Nutrastar International Inc gain record revenues despite the current global financial turmoil.
Goodman Fielder has said that it is reviewing its operations in both Australia and New Zealand, and would consider putting some of its non-core businesses up for sale, even as it closes some plants.
Efforts to boost Hong Kong’s reputation as a premier wine hub in Asia are paying off with a quality certification programme bearing fruit, said the organisation behind the scheme.
A survey of supermarkets in New Zealand has found that consumers are eating more tinned food as the cost of fresh fruit and vegetables continues to rise.
Distribution of rice cultivated in the Fukushima prefecture has been restricted following the detection of unsafe levels of radioactive contamination found in samples harvested this season.
Thanks to a rapidly rising demand for milk and milk products, India’s dairy sector is expected to be worth US$100bn by 2015, said a study released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
In the wake of several food scandals over the past few years, Chinese authorities are stepping up their efforts to enhance food safety laws and food inspection regulations.
The Australian state of South Australia has called for a ban advertising of unhealthy foods to children citing surveys that found growing concerns about such advertising’s influence on them.
Canadian krill oil supplier, Neptune, has teamed up with a local fishing company in a bid to tap into China’s fast growing and emerging omega-3 supplements market.
Leading cocoa manufacturer Barry Callebaut and exporter, P.T. Comextra Majora have teamed up on a new processing facility to satisfy the growing demand for cocoa products in the Asia Pacific region.
Thailand's organic industry is now a 400m Thai Baht business since the National Innovation Agency (NIA) started a government initiative in 2006 to help organic farmers and food production companies raise the level of their products and to hike up...
A Rabobank report released last week claims Indonesia will lead Southeast Asian growth over the next decade, based on global demand for key commodities and stable domestic needs.
The Indian dairy sector was rocked by the news last week that the country’s top watchdog might investigate the country’s major dairy producers over the possibility of a cartel.
Bagrry’s India is looking to grab its bowl of the fast growing Indian breakfast cereal market on the back of new product innovations and a rapidly growing demand.
China has a snowballing interest in the seafood market and while this is driving the global industry, it is also putting pressure on it, according to industry expert.
Food processors in India have asked the authorities for rationalization of Value-Added Tax (VAT) rates in the country’s next budget, which is expected to be announced in February or March next year.
An Australian winegrower has launched a scathing attack on supermarket chains in the country and their lean towards private label wines, which he says is squeezing the industry’s profits.
Singapore’s government has pledged funds over the next five years towards the country’s food manufacturing sector in a bid to improve productivity by 20%.
India’s food processing market has the potential to mirror Chinese growth over the next few years, said Dutch firm GMV after it agreed a move into the Indian market.
India’s top food safety regulator is looking to set up a national product recall system, much on the lines of the Australian food recall system, to increase food safety in the country.
An animal activist organization in New Zealand has called for a ban on illegal egg farms after it carried out a televised expose that showed hens living in appalling conditions in illegal cages at some farms.
China Tontine Wines Group, one of the largest wine producers in China, is looking to expand its current offerings with its intended acquisition of Yantai Baiyanghe Winery.
A public-private partnership has been struck, assuring $1m to create a fund for food safety training programmes and incident prevention schemes throughout Asia Pacific.
India is engaging in rice diplomacy with Indonesia to whom it is willing to sell 500,000 tonnes of rice, but also wants the latter to cut its export tax on crude palm oil which is hurting Indian refineries.
The top watchdogs in the food and advertising sectors respectively have decided to join hands to regulate the advertising of food and beverages in India, starting with issuing new guidelines to food companies.
China's quality watchdog has said that it has found excessive amounts of potentially harmful rare-earth elements in oolong tea brands manufactured in and around Shanghai.
China and Malaysia have set up a working committee to determine the permissible level of nitrite in bird's nests, with an eventual aim to overturn the ban on their export from Malaysia to China.
Activist groups in New Zealand have said that if the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is signed, the country would compromise its reputation for food safety and export-quality produce.
An Australian company has developed a way to turn sugarcane stalks into low-sugar, high-fibre, gluten-free flour, creating an unlikely health food segment and opening up another market for sugarcane growers.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) are currently in the process of reviewing an application regarding the use of a GM-derived enzyme as a processing aid.
China has announced new regulations and a renewed focus on the quality and safety of functional foods being sold in the country, as part of a series of crackdowns meant to reinforce food safety in the country.
In a last minute move, the industry body for food processors in India has appealed to the Indian judicial system against banning the sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and near schools.
Continued research and development combined with exposure will drive and strengthen the functional foods market in Asia Pacific, according to analysis.
Failure to introduce reforms in Australia’s food and grocery sector now could see the country’s domestic industry become significantly less competitive by 2020 as falling growth will translate to job losses, a new report suggests.
Danish business in China was celebrated at a business awards ceremony on Saturday, but the future needs to be focused on combining operations with Chinese management, according to business expert.
A day after Australian supermarket chain Woolworths said that private labels are at the centre of its expansion plans, it came under a stinging attack along with its rival Coles from the Australian industry minister.
