December 4, 2023 | Food

SFA and ICA seize illegally imported vegetables and fruits from Malaysia

About 1.1 tonnes of undeclared and under-declared produce, including bayam, kailan, caixin, mango, pineapple, xiao baicai, Japanese cucumber, and brinjal, were seized from two importers Singapore Food Agency (SFA) seized…

December 4, 2023 | Food

AIIB-FAO partnership to boost agrifood systems

The two organisations will specifically collaborate on helping countries meet the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Food and Agriculture…

November 27, 2023 | Food

India facilitates cashew exports to Bangladesh, Qatar, Malaysia and USA

APEDA is working towards exploring new markets for cashews in the international markets of Japan, Saudi Arabia, UK, Spain, Kuwait, Qatar, USA European countries The Agricultural and Processed Food Products…

November 20, 2023 | Middle East

UAE launches ‘Ne’ma’ Food Loss and Waste Reduction Roadmap to reduce food waste 

The roadmap will serve as a collective effort to reduce food waste by creating new social norms, scaling best practices, and enabling policies across the entire food ecosystem Mariam bint…

November 17, 2023 | Policy and Regulatory

WHO creates data-driven dietary assessment tool to measure health for policymakers

The tool allows various health, diet and environmental scenarios to be modelled based on country-level data The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed a data-driven dietary impact assessment (DIA) for…

November 17, 2023 | Food

Rice prices will remain affordable in Philippines: DA

The average retail price for a regular well milled is P42.80 while the prevailing price for a well milled is P45 The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) assures the public…

November 15, 2023 | Food

UNESCO adopts Saudi ‘Atlas’ initiative to preserve food methods

This initiative seeks to preserve and document cultural heritage to ensure its sustainable transmission across generations The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has endorsed Saudi Arabia’s ‘Atlas’…

November 10, 2023 | Africa

WorldFish to develop South-South collaboration platform for Blue Food Revolution

Knowledge exchange between Asia and Africa is the backbone of WorldFish’s new Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) project Under the newly launched WorldFish-led Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) project, a pioneering South-South collaboration platform is…

November 8, 2023 | Australia

FSANZ call for comment on D-allulose as a novel food 

D-allulose can be added to foods as a low-energy substitute for sugar Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to permit D-allulose as a…

November 8, 2023 | Beverages

SFA recalls marusan banana soy milk from Japan due to possible spoilage

The products with a 1,000ml volume have expiry dates ranging from November 4th, 2023 to April 12th, 2024 The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced that Marusan banana soy milk from…