China and UAE boost food trade ties
China and the UAE pushed for an increase in bilateral food and agriculture trade between the two countries during a visit to Abu Dhabi by a high-level Chinese trade delegation last week.
Archives for May 14, 2014
Unnamed infant formula firms facing fines for Saudi Arabian price hikes
Saudi Arabian authorities have warned seven domestic and international infant formula manufacturers and importers that they face severe penalties for illegally driving up the price of their products.
Jafza woos Brazilian food firms for Halal zones
The Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (Jafza) is courting Brazilian companies as it promotes its new Halal zones on a promotional tour of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Opinion divided on who benefits most from Japan-Australia deal
The new Japan-Australia Partnership Agreement (JAEPA), agreed on 8 April, allows unprecedented access to Japanese markets, but it is not necessarily only the Australian meat producers who will profit.
Interpack 2014
China is developing low cost machines quicker than ever
Loma Systems biggest challenge is competition in China and across Asia where manufacturers are developing low cost machines at a higher output rate than before.
Egyptian sugar facility bags $357m investment
Egypt's Al Nouran Sugar has secured US$357m in financing for a new sugar facility which will create 3,000 new jobs and produce 588,000 tonnes of sugar a year when operational.
Australia
10% of babies expected to develop food allergies in first year
One in 10 Australian babies will develop a food allergy by their first birthday, medical experts and health groups said while calling on the Australian government to recognise food allergy as a national health priority.
India’s meat sector nervous over nationalist party victory
Beef and buffalo producers and exporters in India are bracing for additional controls after general election exit polls predicted a victory for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party led by Narendra Modi.
UAE retailer to stock Tesco products
UAE supermarket chain Choithrams has signed a deal to stock products from UK retail giant Tesco, starting this month.
Zinc supplements may boost immune system in children, says Cochrane Review
Supplements of zinc may reduce diarrhea and other infections in malnourished children, according to a new review published in the prestigious Cochrane Library.
India
EU lifts poultry meat ban while US complains to WTO of Indian embargo
Over five years after it imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from India, the European Union has now approved their shipment subject to tough conditions.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2014
Omega-3’s newest big fish reveals sector ambitions
Mid-last year the chief of Norwegian omega-3 player EPAX told us, “We are the last of the big omega-3 independents.” Soon after US agri-food company FMC had snapped it up for $350m. Here FMC Nutraceuticals general manager Daniel H. Rosenbaum talks...
UK data shows most people do not meet healthy eating targets
The UK population is still consuming too much saturated fat, added sugars and salt and not enough fruit, vegetables, oily fish and fibre, says a new report.
Australia selling less wine abroad, though sales are growing in value
While Australian wine exports might be rising in value terms, this supposed good news comes on the back of significantly reduced volumes, according to the industry’s government promoter.