Archives for August 16, 2021

Arsenic in rice – How can Asia’s food producers improve food safety?

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Thermo Fisher Scientific shares how lab professionals in food industry can address regulatory demands with analytical technologies.

Vitamin D and falls: High-dose intake increases risk in elderly with normal BMI – major study

High-dose vitamin D supplementation has been found to increase the risk of falls among the elderly with a normal body mass index (BMI) of less than 25 kg/m2, according to a five-year long research project conducted in Australia.

Philippines Golden Rice price pledge: GM variant to boost vitamin A levels will be commercially ‘competitive’ by 2023

Golden Rice will be priced ‘very competitively’ once it hits the market in the Philippines in 2023, after the country recently granted a world-first regulatory approval for commercial propagation.

IP Protection in China: Lessons to be learnt from Zespri’s loss of control over illegal planting of its gold kiwifruit

Food firms looking to enter China have been urged to pay closer attention to Chinese legal requirements and work with local authorities to ensure trademark protection of their products, following Zespri’s ongoing challenges with illegal gold kiwifruit...