March 22, 2024 | Europe

UK FSA suggests reform to product-approval process

Regulated food and feed products require authorisation before they can be sold in the UK UK’s Food Standards Agency Board recently met to discuss proposed changes to its Regulated Products…

March 21, 2024 | Food

AlUla date palm production exceeds 90,000 tonnes annually

This achievement highlights Saudi Arabia’s growing influence and dominance in the international date trade arena This year has seen a significant increase in date palm cultivation in AlUla governorate, resulting…

March 20, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s Detpak wins National award for kerbside recyclable paper bag

This innovative solution slashes plastic usage by 64 per cent, equating to 8.2 tonnes less plastic each year Detpak, an Australian packaging company, has announced that it has been awarded…

March 19, 2024 | Middle East

Saudi Govt raises awareness of food consumption in Ramadan to reduce waste

According to the ministry’s statistics, rice is the most wasted food at a rate of 34, followed by flour and bread at 30 per cent Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment,…

March 18, 2024 | Africa

Heliponix tackles food insecurity in Lesotho and rural southern Indiana

Heliponix LLC, doing business as anu, commercialises fully automated, in-home smart gardens that grow daily servings of produce using aeroponics An agricultural startup founded by Purdue University alumni is addressing international…

March 15, 2024 | Food

Food security situation in Afghanistan improving but the crisis far from over

The food security situation remains alarming with over 15 million people or 36 per cent of the population being food insecure Afghanistan is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…

March 14, 2024 | Australia

Australia’s Costa Group develops world’s heaviest blueberry

The blueberry was of the Eterna variety, as part of the Variety Improvement Programs (VIP) of Costa, which licenses blueberry varieties grown by Costa in regions including the Americas, Morocco, China…

March 12, 2024 | Food

Philippines expands zero-kilometre food project to Limay, Bataan

The ‘0KM’ project is a research initiative designed to develop an efficient data collection system on the supply and demand for food at the local government level The Philippines Department…

March 11, 2024 | Africa

Somalia’s 1.7 million children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition

Senior UN officials met people on the frontlines of the climate crisis as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale up response efforts With nearly 7…

March 5, 2024 | Company News

Fonterra ingredients brand launches game-changing tool

Customers will also be able to request carbon footprint certificates for specific New Zealand NZMP products In an industry first, Fonterra’s ingredients and solutions brand, NZMP, has launched a tool to help…