Condensed milk producers and distributors have six months to comply with the ban. Indonesia is introducing a ban on marketing condensed milk and its derivatives as milk, as misleading advertisements contribute to the country’s obesity problem among children. Parents often give condensed milk to infants as a cheaper alternative to[Read More…]
Policy and Regulatory
Canadian Government updates food safety regulations
The new consolidated regulations are the result of consultations with stakeholders and consumers since the Safe Food for Canadians Act was passed in 2012, and they will come into force on January 15, 2019. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor have announced that final Safe[Read More…]
China unveils guidelines for improving dairy industry
It also said that by 2025, the dairy industry should have been “invigorated in an all-round manner,” with milk supplies, dairy processing and quality, and industrial competitiveness at world-leading levels. According to the guidelines released by the General Office of the State Council, by 2020, the country should have achieved[Read More…]
Solid food safety at Trump-Kim Summit is responsibility of Singapore’s AVA
Singapore is known for intellectual nourishment prophylactic thanks to AVA. It’s achieved a good reputation even though Singapore must import over 90 percent of the food it consumes because the city -state has little farmland of its own and limited fishing grounds. Singapore . If Chair Donald J. Trump or North[Read More…]
Bubs aims for China Food and Drug registration
Bubs Australia Chairman, Dennis Lin says there may be an growing demand for goat milk based infant method in China, specifically in mother and baby shops. Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) has entered into a binding production agreement with Australia Deloraine Dairy as a vital step towards reaching China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA)[Read More…]
UK regulators aim to cut calories in foods by 20%
Regulators previously focused on cutting sugar and salt in food products In an effort to regulate obesity in the UK, Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have broadened their diet policy to include a 20% reduction of calories in certain foods by 2024.[Read More…]
Singapore consortium to promote membrane technology for food sector
Companies who join the consortium will get to manufacture, assemble and test membranes at the facilities of research institutes in Singapore. The National Research Foundation (NRF) has launched a national consortium, Singapore National Membrane Consortium (SG-MEM) to spur research and adoption of membrane technology into food and beverage areas. Companies who[Read More…]
Industry responds to Indian Union Budget 2018
The Union Budget 2017-18 is on expected lines and is focused on improving the quality of life in Rural India. “Bharat, or Rural India, has been the key focus of Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget for 2018-19. It presses all the right buttons and ticks all the right[Read More…]
Indian Union Budget 2018 receives thumbs up from the food sector
The government has doubled the allocation in the food processing sector under Budget 2018-19 to Rs 1,400cr from Rs 750cr last year. Arun Jaitley’s recent outing to reveal Budget-2018, didn’t gratify everyone. With special focus on farmers, poor, rural population and small businesses, the budget 2018 disappointed the middle-class by[Read More…]
Singapore to become a test bed for food solutions
The announcement took place at the 3rd annual Indoor Agriculture Conference (Ag-Con) Asia. According to Senior Minister of State for National Development and Trade & Industry Koh Poh Koon, Singapore could potentially become a test-bed to develop exportable models for food and agriculture technology (agritech) solutions. The announcement took place at the 3rd annual Indoor[Read More…]
