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From regulation to public health campaigns, the priorities of governments, industry, civil society groups and other stakeholders feed into the policies and programmes that influence eating habits in Asia.
Food deals form major part of India-China’s $100bn commerce plan
In light of India’s trade deficit with China, which since 2010 has more than doubled to over US$40bn, the country hopes that three food and pharmaceutical agreements signed with China...
Australian container tax
Australian grocers leader slams ‘misleading’ environmental campaign
Once again voicing its opposition to the thorny issue of container deposit schemes, the influential and vocal Australian Food and Grocery Council has hit out at an environmental group it...
Sale of forgotten wheat could put a dent in India's national debt
The Food Corporation of India could potentially earn over Rs25,000 crore (US$4.5bn) by exporting wheat lying in open warehouses, according to an Assocham study.
Food safety
Chinese premier tells agencies to get tougher on food crime
China’s authorities need use all their resources to monitor the food market more closely and impose harsher penalties if the country is to bounce back from a spate of food...
Asian tastes
UN endorses Australian's call for the world to eat more insects
A book released this week by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s forestry department attempts to persuade Westerners that they should see insects as a potential key food source for...
Australian Budget 2013
Budget blues for industry in the face of a strong Aussie dollar
The food industry claimed little to cheer after this week’s Federal Budget. Despite the government’s statement coinciding with the first time the Aussie dollar has dropped below parity with the...
Bouman: Don’t just ban pesticides, find other ways to protect rice
In the wake of the European Commission’s announcement that it will adopt a proposal to restrict the use of three pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family, rice research guru Bas...
Indian health
Tamil Nadu outlaws edible tobacco
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has has become the latest to outlaw edible tobacco. The order, revealed by the chief minister in the state assembly, is expected to...
Aussie processing still contracting, firms call for spending growth
Recent shocks in Australian food processing have been reflected in the latest Australian Industry Group report on manufacturing performance, which covers the month of April.
900 arrested in latest Chinese meat sting
China’s Ministry of Public Security has announced the arrest of 904 suspects during a three-month campaign to prevent meat-related crime, such as the sale of rat and fox under the...
Multi-million research programme unites Oz academics and industry
The Australian Food and Grocery Council has welcomed the first round of government-sponsored research programme that sets out to boost innovation and productivity in the food sector.
News in brief
NZ opposition hit out at Chinese agriculture deals
New Zealand farmers deserve to know all the details of the Chinese agriculture agreements the government has struck in their name following a third “vague” agreement in as many weeks,...
SPC calls for emergency fruit tax to slow cheap tinned imports
Troubled Goulburn Valley cannery and Australian household name SPC Ardmona has urged the federal government to impose an emergency tax on imports of cheap tinned fruits and tomatoes.
India starting to get serious about wine standards
While European consumers have for generations been used to standards protecting the wines they buy, that has not been the case in India. However, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries...
History snapshot
New Zealanders' long-standing love affair with cod liver oil
Until the introduction of synthetic vitamins in the 1960s, cod liver oil had been used in New Zealand since the earliest days of settlement to ward off or cure illnesses.
News in brief
Australian academic appointed to rice research board
Australia’s newly appointed representative on the board of the International Rice Research Institute said she would use her role to seek ways to grow rice as a means to combat...
Guest voice
Regulations are anything but complementary
Something is not right when regulators increasingly opt to assess complementary medicines against medical criteria—in much the same way as pharmaceutical drugs are assessed.
Ankush at large
Come on governments: hand food safety over to the private sector
Watching Asia from a Western prism gives you the advantage of seeing the bigger picture. But on the flip-side, you end up benchmarking what you see against what has happened...
Australian allergy co-operative launches to tackle epidemic
Allergic disease already affects one in five Australians, but experts warn this could rise by 70% to one in four by 2050 unless prevention strategies are developed now.
News in brief
New book sheds light on Fukushima’s fallout
Following the Fukushima nuclear accident, a large volume of data was collected about the soil, air, dust, and seawater in the area. Figures was also gathered about an immense number...
Food safety
Beware of pesticides in Chinese imports: study
The initial findings of a research study has shown that pesticides are the number one problem reported by consumers around the world concerning food imported from China.
New administration outlines China’s tough food-safety agenda
China’s new administration is continuing to demonstrate its newfound determination to tackle longstanding food-safety problems by issuing a blueprint of measures it plans to take this year.
Ankush at large
Food makers should love India’s new food security Bill
The charter of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Indian constitution is pretty consistent with the modern idea of liberal democracies. Much like elsewhere, an Indian citizen has the rights to...
Beverage safety
Bottled water catfight exposes China’s reliance on muddled standards
Bottled water producer Nongfu Spring has launched an attack on the company it claims is behind allegations that its product contains more chemicals than are allowed in China’s tap water....
Ankush at large
FSANZ standard should be adopted by Asian giants
Health claims in food and beverage products is perhaps the most talked about topic in the entire food production chain outside of GM. In mature markets like the US—and now...
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