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Food safety
High profile food scares have turned the spotlight on food safety in Asia. While new regulations are coming into force, consumers and exporters seek assurances of product safety as contamination can have dire consequences all around the world.
Growth of GM
World's sixth biggest GM grower, China will continue to import soy
As concerns grow for the security of food supplies for its billion-plus population, China—the sixth biggest producer of genetically modified crops—has resolved to continue importing GM soybeans to satisfy domestic...
Food for thought
China’s super-watchdog is unlikely to bite
If you are a regular reader of this news service, you would be hard-pressed to find just one month in the last two years when we have NOT reported on...
Food safety
China's watchdogs might finally get more teeth
Sick of lurching from one food crisis to the next, it seems the Chinese authorities are planning to form one cohesive food safety unit based on America’s FDA model.
News in brief
Two dead in Vietnam S. suis outbreak
Two butchers in central Vietnam have from a bacteria that causes clinical diseases in pigs, the Voice of Vietnam has reported.
DCD concerns: NZ handling of crisis was ‘textbook’ - Rabobank
New Zealand’s handling of concerns surrounding the use of agricultural chemical dicyandiamide (DCD) was “textbook,” a Rabobank analyst has claimed.
Pork imports
Chinese call for additive verification baffles American suppliers
Demands by Chinese quarantine authorities for a new layer of verification to make sure that pork imported from the US is free of a feed additive have baffled analysts and...
Dairy contaminants
Fonterra DCD crisis: No positive tests since November
The Ministry for Primary Industries has released the findings from extensive testing of New Zealand dairy products for dicyandiamide (DCD).
News in brief
HK bans northeast German poultry
Hong Kong has banned the import of all poultry products, including eggs, from certain German states with immediate effect.
Right to reply
Fonterra: Why we need to talk about what's in our food
Last week, we published a critique of Fonterra's actions during the DCD furore, which saw lengthy delays between identifying the presence of minute quantities of the chemical in the company's...
Subcontinent tastes
India must accept that traditional foods aren't necessarily the safest
In the first article in a new a series examining Indian diets and health, a British dietitian urges India not to make the same mistakes that were made in her...
Fonterra recalls CalciYum kids’ yogurt over ‘choking’ fears
Fonterra Brands Australia is pulling batches of CalciYum yogurt from supermarket shelves across Australia over concerns that the product's “weakened” plastic cap could present a choking hazard.
Straight talk
Inquest into NZ Coke addict deserves more than sensational headlines
The story of the death of a New Zealand woman who would drink between six and 10 litres of Coca-Cola a day needs to be treated with caution as it...
GM India
Scientists call for GM halt on third anniversary of brinjal moratorium
Over 150 Indian scientists have united to call public attention to the Ministry of Agriculture, which they believe has been making a political case for genetically modified crops to counter...
Food for thought
Call it anything but food safety
Apparently, India’s food safety rules and regulations are just as stringent as those in other, more developed countries. And that’s according to a proper source, one who should know his...
FSSAI in freefall
Food registration deadline extended once again
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has once again extended the licencing and registration deadline for the country’s food business operators. In an embarrassing move by the...
Straight talk
DCD: Fonterra must learn once is unfortunate, twice is unforgivable
It’s quite remarkable how Fonterra has evolved to become New Zealand’s biggest company given the way the dairy giant seems to struggle to take on board its errors of the...
China safety
Duck replaces mutton in latest food-swap scandal
While European supermarkets and fast-food chains have been dealing with the fall-out of horse meat in burgers, a meatpacking factory in north-east China has been found using cheap duck meat...
DCD concerns: Too early to predict NZ export fallout, says Rabobank
It is "difficult to say" if New Zealand dairy exports will suffer as a result of the on-going concerns surrounding dicyandiamide (DCD) contamination, Rabobank has claimed.
KFC in crisis
Litigators licking their lips over Yum! class action
Lawyers in the United States are queuing up to bring on board investors in KFC’s parent, Yum! Brands, for a class action lawsuit. The move follows nearly two months of...
Chemical contamination
New Zealand reassures Chinese consumers in wake of Fonterra DCD crisis
New Zealand’s government has started a PR offensive to limit the impact of last week’s revelations that low levels of chemical residue were discovered in dairy products from the country,...
DCD use suspended in New Zealand after residue discovered in dairy
The sale and use of dicyandiamide (DCD) has been brought to a halt in New Zealand after low levels of the substance were discovered in samples of dairy products from...
Technology allows faster screening for bacteria on food
Australian researchers have claimed a breakthrough that will allow them to use DNA amplification on “microspheres” to rapidly detect and identify large numbers of different bacteria at once.
Mengniu brand value plummets in 2012 as the Yili brand soars
Mengniu saw its brand value plummet by more than 30% in 2012, as Chinese public concern over the safety of domestically-manufactured dairy products continued to turn consumers towards ‘safer’ international brands.
Australian cheese listeria outbreak linked to two deaths
A listeria outbreak from cheese in Australia has been linked to the death of two people and has led to 18 cases nationally.
Researchers urge action on Indian cereal contamination
The high level of mycotoxin contamination in Indian cereals must be addressed with improved monitoring and maximum levels for contamination set, a new study says.
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