NGOs publish best practice guide on transparency in palm oil supply chain
Environmental and scientific organisations, including Ceres and Oxfam, have published a best practice guidance on how to improve transparency in the palm oil supply chain.
Archives for January 25, 2017
Japan's tax diversion scheme lifts wagyu beef sales
A scheme by Miyazaki Prefecture, which offers local wagyu in return for tax payments to its municipalities from residents in other parts of the country, is supporting regional livestock farmers and meat producers.
Looming perfect storm will lead to Aussie CBD boom, pioneer predicts
An anticipated perfect storm in Australia, involving the recent legalisation of medical cannabis and the expected approval of hemp in foods and nutrition later this year, has led to the government stopping the export of hemp products to ensure national...
GCC fast-food boom sees two-thirds of diners eating at QSRs
The GCC’s fast-food segment was worth more than US$20bn last year, making it one of the 20 biggest quick-service markets in the world, and is expected to grow by nearly a further 50% by 2020.
Bon Bon Buddies sizes up Asia after hitting record sales
UK confectioner Bon Bon Buddies plans to expand its footprint in Asia after reporting a “record-breaking” financial year.
India
Regulator to take first step to introduce junk food warning labels
India’s food regulator is expected to have formed a definition for “junk food” in the next two months, giving scope for possible new mandatory nutrition warnings for potato chips and samosas.
Pakistan academics demand legislation to safeguard food security
Pakistani food experts and researchers have called for legislation to ensure food security by allocating adequate funds for crop research, and to stop the building of new settlements on fertile agricultural land.
Ruparel Foods: Previously, only 1 in 8 rejected nuts were bad
Ruparel Foods has said only one in eight nuts rejected by its previous sorting systems were actually bad, prompting a move to machines from Tomra Sorting Food.
UAE awarded top spot in rankings of halal food ecosystem
The UAE has come first in an authoritative new ranking of global nations with the best developed halal food ecosystems.