Astronauts currently have to eat the same meal roughly every 16 days — but this is something Japan is looking to remedy with the help of food manufacturers.
The University of Indonesia’s (UI) new Halal Centre is now assisting the government’s recently-formed Halal Products Certification Agency (BPJPH) on halal certification and testing.
Crave Halal, an iPhone app and e-website that helps Muslims to find halal food, has recently been launched in South Korea, just in time for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in February.
Blockchain technology is being introduced to strengthen supply chain management in the fresh and frozen tuna sectors of the Western and Central Pacific region, replacing ad hoc and paper-based records.
Japan’s largest rice exporter Shinmei Co. Ltd. has secured a deal to supply ingredients and raw materials to Singapore F&B firm BreadTalk Group Ltd. under a $3m joint venture.
Public-private partnerships are urgently needed to help India’s food sector deal with the country’s much-reported nutrition and food security challenges, according to a new report.
The highest-earning 10% of the urban Chinese drink over seven times as much wine and consume more than twice as much dessert as their counterparts at the bottom end of the wage scale.
A Malaysian think tank is calling on the government and food firms to take action against obesity and diabetes in the country by slashing prices of healthy food, but has warned against rushing into plans for a sugar tax.
A fund run by a cartel of leading oil producers has signed a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help enhance food security and promote sustainable agriculture in South and Southeast Asia.
India has imposed a 30% tariff on imports of chickpeas and lentils, effective immediately, a little more than a month since it introduced a 50% tax on field peas imports.
Food companies in Taiwan that violate the law can now be closed immediately, following the introduction of new guidelines by the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
China e-commerce retailer JD.com is to launch new bricks-and-mortar 7Fresh grocery stores in the country, reigniting competition with rivals such as Alibaba in the offline space.
India’s food regulator has strongly rebutted a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that has been highly critical of its licencing, standards and testing processes.
Products containing traces of golden rice, which is genetically modified to produce beta-carotene, should be able to be sold in Australia and New Zealand, regulators have ruled.
Ambitious plans to open a mega food park in India look set to come to fruition by the end of this year, more than three years after its foundation stone was laid.
Bits x Bites, China’s first food tech accelerator and venture capitalist, unveiled five new food start-ups it is investing in, in the second cohort of its accelerator programme.
Amid the growing rise of e-commerce across Asia, culminating in remarkable sales figures from last month’s Singles' Day in China, it is easy to miss the changing face of online grocery in the wider region’s more organised markets, such as Australia.
Blockchain can be the “key mediator” to make supply chains more transparent by enabling food firms to share data based on trust, and to transform their operations to be much more efficient, but it will require a fundamental shift in organisational mindsets.
Becoming the first country to certify the sustainability of its palm oil will boost exports and undermine 'unfair' labelling practices, a leading industry official has told us in an exclusive interview.
The Pakistan Halal Food Authority (PHFA), which has not been functioning sinced it was formed in 2015, is expected to start operations quickly according to Rana Tanveer Hussain, federal minister for Science and Technology.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers will serve visiting officials food from Fukushima and other areas hit by 2011’s tsunami to show that the produce is safe.
Child malnutrition in East Ghouta, Syria, is at an all-time high as violence, the lack of humanitarian access and sky-rocketing food prices have put young children at the greatest risk.
With big data, blockchain and analytics becoming key watchwords for F&B manufacturers, a leading Coca-Cola executive and a panel of experts have shared their top tips on what companies should focus on.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released a set of guidelines to make sure that food firms have a proper and clear plan to recall a food product if it is found to be unsafe.
India now has one unified organic logo and a new online portal that has been set-up for consumers to track the provenance of products, with one industry veteran welcoming the pro-organic stance from officials.
Food makes up half of the waste thrown away by each Singaporean household each day and, out of that, more than 50% of the food waste could have been prevented.
A China firm that allows consumers to check food labels via their smartphones to ensure that products are not fakes looks set to raise $11.5m to further champion its food safety drive.
With Australian energy bills soaring, the food industry is being forced to look for new ways to keep their costs down — or risk pricing consumers out of the market.
Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development, Jakim, is ready to advise the Japan Olympic Committee around halal food at the 2020 Olympics, after expressing concerns that some processes are ‘incomplete’.
Heinz New Zealand is seeking clearance from the Commerce Commission to acquire the food, sauces and instant coffee business of Cerebos Pacific Limited from Suntory-owned subsidiary Cerebos Gregg’s.
Australia’s Bega Cheese has announced its acquisition of the Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) Limited, further expanding its portfolio of brands outside the dairy sector.
More than half a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster led to widespread restrictions of Japanese food and agricultural imports, Southeast Asian nations are being urged to lift their ban on shipments from affected prefectures.
Plans by the Indian food regulator to enforce the publication of sodium content on food labels have come under fire two weeks before a draft policy is released.
The dairy industry has a battle on its hands to increase milk consumption in Singapore, with a recent report revealing that half of Singaporean adults seldom consume it and are content to ignore its important health benefits.
Concerns are mounting over a controversial new law to bring across-the-board halal certification to Indonesia, as an unprepared government department and industry figures wonder how they will cope with its implementation.
Organic miso manufacturer Hikari Miso launched its new website for English-speaking markets following sales lifts in the US, Europe and the Middle East.
