All news articles for May 2018

A tea plantation in Bandung, Indonesia. Pic: getty/antosetiawan

Tea production rises: but FAO warns of climate change threat

By Rachel Arthur

Global production of black tea is projected to rise annually by 2.2% over the next decade, while green tea is predicted to grow by 7.5% a year. But tea is highly sensitive to changes in growing conditions – and many tea-growing countries will be ‘heavily...

Fonterra's products, such as Anmum, Fernleaf and Anchor, will now be available through Lazada to 560m consumers in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Fonterra partners with online company Lazada

By Jim Cornall

New Zealand cooperative Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, is expanding its online presence to consumers in Southeast Asia for the first time through a new partnership with Lazada, an online shopping destination in the region.

Masaki Ishii was inspired to add olive lees to his herd’s feed on Shodoshima island

Japanese beef pioneer creates olive-fed wagyu industry

By Kathryn Wortley, in Tokyo

Wagyu beef produced from olive-fed cattle on a remote island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea is experiencing exponential demand at home and abroad, thanks to its healthy fats and ‘umami’ (savoury) flavour.

FSSAI CEO Agarwal said they are still open to making changes to the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2018 but it will be finalised in two to three months. ©Getty Images

India’s FSSAI to finalise on-pack traffic-light labelling regulations

By Lester Wan

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) plans to finalise its food labelling and display regulations for packaged food products — including proposed traffic light labelling for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) foods — within the next two...

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