January 9, 2024 | Europe

Philippines bans import of poultry products from Belgium and France after bird flu outbreak

The indefinite import bans also prevent traders from bringing in Belgian and French poultry products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, and poultry semen into the Philippines The Philippines…

January 5, 2024 | Beverages

China’s Jiangxi province implements policies to boost tea exports

Youjiang Hongyun has registered at the local customs and has signed contracts with clients from South Korea, Japan, Singapore and countries in East Europe As the birthplace of tea, China is one of the largest tea producers…

January 5, 2024 | Australia

FSANZ calls for comment on food made from new GM corn

If approved, food made from this type of GM corn could be imported into Australia and New Zealand in the form of starch, grits, meal, flour, oil and sweetener Food Standards…

January 2, 2024 | Policy and Regulatory

Philippine’s local food producers urge to put up digital agri-food database

Easy access to crucial information will guide poultry farm managers in setting production targets that accurately reflect prevailing consumer demand Philippine’s local food producers have urged the National Economic and…

January 1, 2024 | Food

Philippines to import 500,000 MT of rice from India and Taiwan

Within the last week of December and early January, 75,000 metric tonnes of rice will arrive from India Around 76,000 metric tonnes of rice from Taiwan and India are scheduled…

January 1, 2024 | Policy and Regulatory

Vietnam and IRRI sign a MoU to enhance research in rice cultivation

The Memorandum of Understanding aims to strengthen and further promote collaboration in research, development, capacity building, and dissemination of innovative rice technologies Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development signed…

December 26, 2023 | Food

New Zealand Food Safety recalls mince pies due to metal concerns

This recall affects 2 batches of mince pies sold at Woolworths, Countdown, SuperValue and FreshChoice stores nationwide New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Woolworths in its recall of its Summer…

December 21, 2023 | New Zealand

New Zealand Food Safety issues shellfish biotoxin alert

Affected shellfish include bivalve shellfish such as mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles and scallops, as well as pūpū (cat’s eyes), Cook’s turban, and kina (sea urchin) New Zealand Food…

December 19, 2023 | Australia

Australian fisheries and aquaculture thrive in 2022

In 2021-22, Australians consumed around 350,000 tonnes of seafood in 2021-22, equivalent to 13.8 kilograms per person Aquaculture has had another successful year within the Australian seafood industry, according to…

December 18, 2023 | Australia

FSANZ requests feedback on allowing use of cultured quail as novel food

The application is from Vow Group Pty Ltd which is seeking approval to allow the use of cultured quail cells originating from quail as an ingredient in food products Food…