Vietnam’s export of agro-forestry and fishery products to Asia increase by 12%

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 13 Oct, 2021

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the export turnover of agro-forestry and fishery products in September 2021 was estimated at 3.49 billion USD, bringing the t...Read more

Korea reinforces international cooperation to mitigate food-borne AMR

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 15 Sep, 2021

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Kim Ganglip) recently held the 1st MFDS Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (GCFA) virtually in an effort to ramp up int...Read more

Nestlé discloses plans to support the transition to a regenerative food system

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 21 Sep, 2021

Nestlé is laying out its plans to support and accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system – one that aims to protect and restore the environment, improve the liveli...Read more

Aus govt investing $2.4 M to improve early childhood nutrition

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 18 Aug, 2021

The Morrison Government is investing $2.4 million to help parents, early childcare workers, GPs and other health professionals improve the nutrition of Australian children up to five years ...Read more

China's Agri-food tech received approval for Four New Corn Hybrids

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 09 Jul, 2021

Origin Agritech Ltd. announced that it has received approval from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA) for four of its new hybrid corn breeds, further enriching its prod...Read more

Thailand's EEC to be post-COVID Global Food Innovation Hub

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 06 Oct, 2020

Thailand's high-tech Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), already positioning itself as the gateway to Asia, is aiming for a new post-COVID-19 role as incubator of innovative foo...Read more

Singapore strengthening food security with R&D

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 19 Aug, 2020

Singapore has set its sights on producing 30 per cent of the country's nutritional needs locally by 2030. Research and development in sustainable urban food production, future foods, and fo...Read more

Thailand emphasises on increasing investments in food sector

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 03 Aug, 2020

From January 2019 to June 2020, international and local investors have filed 116 investment promotion applications for food processing and drinks manufacturing projects in&nb...Read more

Thailand initiates programme to inspect soyabean products

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 29 Jul, 2020

Soybean and other associated products such as tofu, dried tofu, and soybean milk are rich in essential amino acids and vitamins, and have been indispensable nutrients of daily diets. In th...Read more

Taiwan launches special food inspection project

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 26 Jun, 2020

Baked goods become the choice of meals and snacks for the      public with its highly diversified options and the nature of easy to     pack. I...Read more

GFSI announced the newest edition of its Bench-marking Requirements.

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 28 Feb, 2020

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) announced the newest edition of its Benchmarking Requirements during the opening plenary of its annual conference, a gathering of mor...Read more

International Flavors and Fragrances to Merge with DuPont’s Nutrition & Bio sciences Business

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 12 Dec, 2019

 International Flavors and Fragrances and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the merger of IFF and DuPont...Read more

Thailand approves 5 more food innovation sites for investment promotion

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 05 Nov, 2019

Board of Investment of Thailand has approved five more Food Innopolis sites as science and technology zones, as proposed by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovatio...Read more

Singapore takes further measures on war against diabetes

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 14 Oct, 2019

As part of the War on Diabetes, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) and Health Promotion Board (HPB) held a public consultation, and looked widely, broadly, with different interest ...Read more

Non-GMO Reb D Stevia Leaf Sweetener gets approval in Australia, NZ

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 12 Sep, 2019

US based sweetener company SweeGen has announced that Food Standards Australia, New Zealand (FSANZ) has assessed and approved BESTEVIA® Reb D Stevia Leaf Sweetener for us...Read more

Hershey reports Q4 and 2018 full year results

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 01 Feb, 2019

The Hershey Company has announced net sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018. The company also provided its 2019 reported net sales and earnings out...Read more

Sri Lanka extends colour scheme for solid food

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 29 Jan, 2019

The Sri Lankan Health and Nutrition Ministry recently announced that it would adopt the colour scheme that was adopted to categorise the sweetened drinks to solid foods as well. The decisi...Read more

Malaysia Halal Expo 2019 puts focus on Tokyo Olympics

Policy and Regulatory |  News | 25 Jan, 2019

The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (MED) is hosting Malaysia Halal Expo 2019 (MHE2019) from 24 - 26 January 2019 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Themed "Malaysia...Read more