August 11, 2023 | India

Telangana opens first cold chain Centre of Excellence

The University of Birmingham and industry partners like Carrier are supporting the effort K T Rama Rao, the Minister of IT and Industries of Telangana called for ideas to reduce…

August 11, 2023 | Food

Fish in school meals, a nutritious initiative for children in Timor-Leste

Tilapia served weekly in school lunches in a new pilot to boost nutrition outcomes A new pilot program, ‘Fish in School Meals,’ was launched in Timor-Leste to enhance fish consumption…

August 10, 2023 | Beverages

Indonesia exports Oolong tea to Vietnam 

The collaboration of Suntory and PTPN gave Suntory access to one of the largest plantation holdings in Indonesia with commercial and operational excellence PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) Group, in collaboration with PT Suntory…

August 7, 2023 | Food

India’s sugar stock reaches 108 LMT

Sufficient sugar stock to meet domestic demand The government of India has been successfully maintaining stable retail prices of sugar in the country. Though international sugar prices have touched the…

August 2, 2023 | Food

UAE announces 500 Mn dirhams boost for food purchases

The ministry team successfully secured the supply of food and agricultural products from national farms, amounting to AED 500 million over five years Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate…

August 1, 2023 | Food

Bangladesh enters into Global School Meals Coalition program with WFP

The new school feeding programme aims to reach 3.5 million students in 20,000 government primary schools over the next three years The government of Bangladesh has joined a Global School…

July 31, 2023 | India

Indian Government launches plantation drive for oil palm cultivation under National Mission for Edible Oils

Three major oil palm processing companies, Patanjali Food Pvt. Ltd., Godrej Agrovet, and 3F, are actively promoting and participating with farmers The Indian Government has launched the National Mission for…

July 31, 2023 | Australia

Australia’s donor breast milk trial shares $73 million in funding

The grant aims to study the advantages of using pasteurised donor human milk (donor milk) versus infant formula for pre-term babies when maternal breast milk is not readily available Researchers…

July 28, 2023 | Food

SFA lifts suspension on Nosh Cuisine

In a joint statement with the Ministry of Health (MOH), the SFA said that Nosh Cuisine had implemented the measures required by the agency Nosh Cuisine, a food caterer in…

July 24, 2023 | Food

Singapore Food Agency seizes 600kg of illegally imported food

Seized food includes pork, chicken, beef, duck and fish products from Thailand The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has seized over 600kg of illegally imported food from Thailand, following raids conducted…