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…

November 7, 2023 | Food

FDA proposes rule to revoke regulation allowing use of BVO in Food

The FDA is issuing a proposed rule now because the agency has recent data from studies it conducted that demonstrate adverse health effects in animals at levels more closely approximating…

November 6, 2023 | Events

MARD organises week of introducing Vietnamese agricultural cuisine

 The week dedicated to traditional fish sauce and fish sauce products, an array of regional dishes are prepared using fish sauce, which provides an excellent opportunity to promote the products…

October 30, 2023 | Food

Korea Govt and Fisheries Association promote K-FISH at 2023 New York 

The 2023 Korean Festival is an event organised by the Executive Office of the Korean American Association of Greater New York (KAAGNY) in Manhattan The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Korea, in…