New Zealand’s MPI issues raw milk warning
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says consumers should take care when drinking raw unpasteurized milk, calling it a ‘high-risk food.’
Archives for March 20, 2018
OPINION
'The devil is in the details': Why the Australian supplement industry still faces the risk of over-regulation
In Australia, regulation of complementary medicines by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) sets an exceptional quality and safety standard, but it also means that over-regulation remains one of the biggest challenges for this category of low-risk...
Cold Storage, Giant and Hero stores axed in Southeast Asia on back of poor results
Pan-Asian retailer Dairy Farm International – the owner of stores such as Cold Storage, Giant and 7-Eleven – has closed a series of outlets in Southeast Asia "after a disappointing year" for its food businesses.
Here comes the 'sunrise': Why ASEAN will be global boom region for supplements and nutrition products
The vast potential for supplements, functional foods and high-value nutritional products in Southeast Asia has been underlined by a new report, which highlights them as "sunrise industries" — namely, ones that are tipped to achieve considerable success.
Creating a food safety culture, part 1: Key takeaways from Fonterra and Cargill
"Food safety culture means different things to different people" and is still poorly understood by many food firms, according to one leading expert.
Gulfood 2018
Selling ice to the Middle East: Korea-Singapore partnership seeks regional growth for on-trend desserts and beverages
Korean and Singaporean desserts and beverage firm Kstar is seeking to expand the reach of its food concepts, ingredients and machinery for ice desserts and beverages to the Middle East.
Māori and Crown joint venture seeks to create ‘billion-dollar’ Kiwi berries business
A joint venture company has been created in New Zealand to breed and develop new berry varieties to be marketed exclusively by Māori-owned firm Miro Limited Partnership (Miro), which has set its sights on becoming a 'billion-dollar' business.