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Delivering appropriate food from farm to fork, safely and in time, is no mean feat in parts of the world with poor infrastructure and extreme weather conditions. It requires close cooperation between actors at every stage in the chain.

India will implement food license system

21-May-2012 - India is set to introduce a new license system in August to cover the country’s food supply chain in a bid to tighten food standards.

Australian authority stamps down on misleading ‘extra virgin olive oil’ claims

21-May-2012 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has fined a South Australian olive oil producer, The Big Olive Company, for “misleading” ‘extra virgin olive oil’ labels and has vowed to clamp down further across industry.

Bread and noodle demands outstretch Japan's wheat capabilities: Ministry report

18-May-2012 - Demand for bread and ramen noodle products made with domestic wheat varieties is growing in Japan but the country needs to invest in its weak local production of the grain, government institute says.

Coles is being bold about allergens

14-May-2012 - Australian supermarket giant, Coles, has taken the lead in ensuring that its food products are labelled appropriately enough for customers with allergies.

Scientific evidence for advertised claims will be mandatory in India

10-May-2012 - India is a month off issuing new regulations which will clamp down on misleading food advertisements and labelling, bringing an end to unsubstantiated claims on food products.

The GM rice problem: Food fraud from China?

07-May-2012 - Genetic modification is an on-going problem in Asia’s basmati rice network and it is a problem that importers need to be vigilant in curbing, according to an industry expert.

China is consolidating, but diversifying?

02-May-2012 - China’s food and beverage market is undergoing consolidation – much of which is being achieved through rampant acquisitions across new market sectors and countries, according to an analyst.

China opens its doors to Indian basmati rice

24-Apr-2012 - Chinese authorities have given a green light to the importation of Indian basmati rice, after a long and arduous six-year process of negotiations.

Innovation, education and collaboration to ‘save’ China: DuPont

17-Apr-2012 - China’s food sector needs to be more innovative and better educated if it is to ensure food security and health for its population, but efforts to secure this will take collaboration, according to president of DuPont China.

Japan’s beverage and ice cream firms invest to avoid summer meltdown

17-Apr-2012 - Beverage and ice cream manufacturers are investing in power alternatives at Japanese facilities, as the tentative electricity network will not see a major uptick this summer.

India sugar is pesticide free, says study

12-Apr-2012 - The pesticide food safety issue that has tainted India’s sugar market for more than a decade has been cleared in the wake of a study suggesting India-produced sugar is pesticide free.

Arrests and crackdown in China over rotten meat-tainted cooking oil

05-Apr-2012 - A vast, gang-led network of illegal cooking oil producers has been cracked by Chinese authorities following a five month investigation, with more than 3,200 tonnes of rotten-animal waste oil seized.

Indian regulators harden healthy foods stance

05-Apr-2012 - Stung by a recent report that damned many of India’s top food brands for containing high amounts of sugar, salt, and fats, the country’s food regulators are moving against the worst offenders.

Carbon-conscious China: Food manufacturers take heed

03-Apr-2012 - China is concerned about the environmental footprint of food manufacturers, more-so than the US, according to new research, prompting a re-think for firms who base Asian environmental strategies on Western consumer demands.

Stevia-nourished seafood, a novel usage

03-Apr-2012 - US farm management company, Stevia Corp, has formulated stevia-supplemented fish feed in a bid to drive sustainable aquaculture and increase production volumes across Asia.

Edible oil prices boiling over in India

03-Apr-2012 - Rising edible oil prices in India are causing a major alarm amongst food manufacturers and retailers as inflation kicks.

Hindustan Unilever champions India’s push towards CSPO

29-Mar-2012 - Indian food giant Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is driving wider industry take-up and certification of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) via Green Palm certification.

Retail regulation a must, say Australian industry execs

29-Mar-2012 - Australia’s food and grocery sector desperately needs greater regulation in the retail sector and more transparency around foreign direct investment, Australian industry executives said in a new survey.

Red tape threatens Indian seafood exports

27-Mar-2012 - A new bureaucratic diktat in India is threatening to derail the country’s thriving seafood trade – despite the vehement protests from other government agencies.

Malaysian Islamic authority to monitor halal imports from China

27-Mar-2012 - Authorities in the Malaysian state of Sarawak have said that they will increase the monitoring of halal canned food products imported from China in the light of a recent scare.

Court backs Spices Board of India over Sudan IV enforcement

26-Mar-2012 - An Indian court has backed the Spices Board of India (SBI), upholding its food safety powers in a contamination case.

Indian government may remove controls on wheat exports

22-Mar-2012 - India may soon see a final policy move that would lead to the government stepping back and removing its controls on the exports of wheat products, a move that until now has been a utopian dream for local farmers and millers.

Regulatory curbs driving Chinese food inflation

20-Mar-2012 - Instability and upheaval in China’s food and beverage sector are some of the factors behind price spikes in that market, according to an industry expert.

Australia can become a ‘food bowl’ to Asia but reform needed: lobbyists

20-Mar-2012 - Australia can become the food-supply powerhouse to Asia, but increased investments and reform across agriculture, water infrastructure and the country’s food and grocery sector are essential.

BASF in bid to drive innovative, sustainable food production in Asia

19-Mar-2012 - BASF Crop Protection said it is aiming to solve the supply-demand imbalance as well as boost quality of Asian agriculture by driving use of fungicides, educating farmers and joining forces with food producers in the region.