The plan prepared by the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control will rate the restaurants based on the level of their food hygiene as three-star, two-star, one-star and star-less. The government in Nepal is planning to categorize restaurants operating in the country into four grades. According to a news[Read More…]
Policy and Regulatory
Taiwan names Listeriosis as major disease
Putting listeriosis on the list of statutory infectious diseases can help the authorities to trace the origin of any unknown food safety incidents. The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan plans to name listeriosis, a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, as[Read More…]
NEA to conduct food wastage audit
The project, which will end in mid-2019, will categorise approximately 100 kg samples of the waste. In the coming month of December, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is expected to start a waste audit of shopping malls, hotels, supermarkets, hawker centres, food manufacturing and food catering establishments, as well as[Read More…]
Pakistan discusses formulation of food standards
The PSQCA, which operates under the ministry, is charged with developing and overseeing national standards. Creation of an inter-provincial committee has been proposed by the Pakistan Business Council, under the Ministry of Science and Technology for formulation of harmonized national food standards in line with the Codex Alimentarius. Council CEO[Read More…]
CFS bans chicken and egg import from Free State
The CFS has contacted South African authorities over the issue and will closely monitor the information issued about avian flu. China’s Food Safety (CFS) authority has banned the import of chicken and eggs from the Free State with immediate effect. This is due to an outbreak of bird flu in the[Read More…]
Food security project in Bhutan to benefit 10,000 households
The five-year project worth $ 9.35 million aims to reduce rural poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition in 24 gewogs of Haa, Chukha, Sarpang, Dagana and Samtse. A food security and agricultural productivity project launched in Bhutan is expected to benefit 10,000 households in five dzongkhags. Should the project prove successful,[Read More…]
China pushes back food import policy
China has delayed enforcing sweeping new controls on food import. China’s new control policy on food import is at a backfire as countries like the United States, Europe and other trading partners have complained against it that such a step would disrupt billions of dollars in trade is taking toll.[Read More…]
The Pakistan government to promote agricultural biotechnology
The minister for national food security and research said that the zero hunger program and other projects, such as Kissan package, are efforts to ensure exports and availability of farm inputs at affordable prices to uplift the plight of small farmers who constitute nearly 80 percent of the farms and[Read More…]
Sri Lanka to launch battle for food production
The initiative will be implemented as a comprehensive national program across the island. Sri Lanka government will launch a week-long National Food Production Battle under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena in October to revive agriculture and ensure food security. The initiative will be implemented as a comprehensive national program[Read More…]
Australian delegation proposes food partnership with India
The Australian agri-business & food delegation is a part of the 150-member business delegation, which visited India as part of the Australia Business Week in India 2017. A 25-member business delegation from Australia visited India for exploring long term partnership in agriculture and food sector. The delegation participated in a[Read More…]
