Australian price watchdog needs more ‘teeth’, says beef body
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) should be given more powers to collect accurate data on the meat industry, the Australian Beef Association (ABA) has claimed.
Archives for January 9, 2017
Green tea extract an ‘effective treatment’ for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Study
Treatment with green tea extract (GTE) has been found to reduce hepatic inflammation in mice with the fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Australia
Summer heat not to blame for rise in salmonella from free-range eggs
Free-range eggs do not pose a greater risk of Salmonella contamination in hot months compared with other seasons, according to Australian researchers. The findings have shattering a supposed myth that has linked warm conditions with growing cases of the...
Concern verges on panic in supplement industry over Trump's China trade stance
President elect Donald Trump campaigned on a program of redressing what he characterized as wrongs in the trade relationship between the United States and China. That stance, and his choice of a strident China critic for his cabinet, could present a...
Chinese farms face new environment tax
China’s pig sector looks set to be restrained by a new environmental tax to pay for proper handling of effluent.
China direct
Wine demand skips from officials to public as import market re-emerges
China’s wine market is emerging from a recent state of flux to offer cheer to the growing number of wine businesses that are invested in one of the world’s biggest import markets.