The Indian agricultural ministry has lashed out with a strongly-worded letter against claims by a Harvard professor who declared coconut oil to be ‘pure poison’.
Japan's hopes that the Taiwan government will lift the current ban on foods from Fukushima and surrounding areas has hit another hurdle after Kuomintang, the largest opposition party in Taiwan, submitted a referendum request on what has been dubbed...
Six new varieties of Australian-bred almond trees are expected to play a role as growers seek ways to combat declining bee colonies, which are needed to fertilise the trees.
Heinz's US$1.64 million (A$2.25 million) fine in Australia for claiming that its toddler-targeted snack, Little Kids Shreds, was healthy and nutritious for young children, has sparked calls for action in New Zealand too.
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the rapid onset of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China could spread to other Asian countries.
It is hoped that Australian exporters’ decision this year to suspend shipments of live sheep and goats to Malaysia until the end of the Korban religious festival will pressure its market into improving animal welfare standards.
The UAE has identified algae as a potential source for food production, which will help it boost food security, according to the Minister of State for Future Food Security.
China consumers regard a product’s country of origin, price, brand, and physical prevention measures such as tamper proof seals as the most trusted indicators in identifying authentic and safe foods, a group of researchers found.
A public consultation over the location of field trials for the controversial genetically modified (GM) crop GR2E Golden Rice has been launched by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
Singapore’s Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) has recalled a batch of Dumex Mamil Gold Infant Milk Formula - Step 1 (850g) after detecting cronobacter sakazakii bacteria in samples.
Australian researchers say they have taken the first steps in in breeding low allergy wheat varieties, which could be used by manufacturers to create products suitable for coeliac suffers and remove the need for total wheat avoidance.
China had imported considerably more food and beverage products last year, according to its General Administration of Customs (GACC), indicating growing demand for overseas brands.
Pinduoduo CEO Huang Zheng has pledged that the e-commerce site would take action to crack down on counterfeit products available on its platform, including food and beverages.
Retail stores in parts of India such as Delhi-NCR, Punjab, and Gujarat were found selling illegal genetically modified (GM) foods, according to a report published by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of India.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) is to withdraw frozen vegetables and fruit products made in Europe that have been linked with a listeria outbreak.
The Australian sugar industry's push for greater sustainability and traceability has received a shot in the arm, with its Coalition Government providing an A$2.25m grant to fund the Sustainable Sugar Project.
Indian regulators are clamping down formalin adulteration in fish — a carcinogenic chemical derived from diluted formaldehyde — after large volumes of adulterated products were seized in raids across the nation.
Coffee and tea company Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) and its partners are ploughing in US$1m on a coffee sustainability project in Vietnam’s Central Highlands designed to boost traceability and food safety.
Biosecurity across Northern Australia’s prawn industry will be the focus of a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project.
Japan's Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. has attained self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status in the US for its LAC-Shield immunogenic ingredient.
The food sector is locked in a “vicious cycle” of increased production, environmental degradation and a mounting public health crisis, according to a report from think-tank Chatham House.
Researchers in Australia are continuing to explore the benefits of probiotics in relation to peanut allergy, buoyed by the findings of a follow-up study four years after their first published RCT.
Major Japanese food firms, including Meiji and Megmilk Snow Brand, are removing partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) from their products, in view of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) directive, which will prohibit manufacturers from adding...
The China Fisheries Association has hit back at “media reports based on subjective and inaccurate understanding”, following consumer concerns that rainbow trout was being sold as Norwegian salmon.
One of the largest UAE based supermarket chain, the Lulu Group, said the company has increased vegetables and imports from other parts of India and Sri Lanka by 20 tonnes per day following a ban on Kerala products.
Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods — including food items — originating from four Gulf countries, and announced that inspectors will visit retail stores to ensure compliance.
Blockchain technology is set to feature strongly at a new Vietnam Food Integrity Centre (FIC), which aims to improve standards in a nation that has been rocked by safety and hygiene issues in the recent past.
China retailer JD Supermarket has launched the JD Healthy Food Initiative in a bid to improve food safety, traceability and consumer access to healthier foods.
Chinese consumers have deep-rooted concerns about food safety and fraud in the domestic supply chain, according to research led by Newcastle University.
New blockchain technology – HalalChain – has been launched to enable consumers to trace and track halal products, in an attempt to overcome difficulties posed by scores of accreditation schemes and regulatory uncertainty.
Authorities in several parts of the Middle East, including Qatar and the UAE, have increased the number of food inspections this Ramadan to ensure proper food preparation, storage and transportation.
Cochineal dye - which produces red colour in food, drinks and cosmetics - has been found to cause allergic actions such as redness, itching, swelling and anaphylaxis in a small number of cases, Japan researchers say.
A new method of detecting Arabica coffee that has been tainted by lower-quality Robusta beans has been developed by food science training centre The Quadram Institute.
From traces of trans-fatty acids found in spreads labelled as containing "zero" trans-fatty acids to margarine claiming to contain vitamins not evident on the nutrition label...the consumer council of Hong Kong has revealed rampant labelling...
There is a risk of a recently-discovered “mega-pest” hybrid migrating to Asia Pacific and destroying crops and disrupting the food chain, according to Australia-based scientists.
Philippine activists opposing the cultivation of Golden Rice — which is biofortified to address vitamin A deficiency — have been accused of ‘shameful’ behaviour in trying to halt a ‘life-changing’ innovation.
An Australian food firm has recalled a batch of its Creative Gourmet Frozen Pomegranate product – containing fruit sourced in Egypt – due to potential Hepatitis A contamination.
Japanese and Australian officials say they are continuing to probe how imports of barley from Australia contained an exceedingly high amount of “sterilising agent”.
Seven years after a tsunami wiped out a nuclear reactor in Fukushima, causing widespread radiation contamination in a largely agricultural region, the prefecture continues to struggle in getting crucial overseas markets to accept its produce.
‘Don’t talk about creating a food safety culture, do it’: That’s the advice from one of the senior leaders overseeing food safety at Walmart’s 12,000 stores, in 28 countries, with 2.3 million employees.
Saudi Arabia’s regulatory board has expressed concerns about chicken products from Brazilian slaughterhouses and the need for investment from the Brazilian slaughterers to make improvements.
A new survey undertaken by the Australian and New Zealand food regulator found that levels of plasticisers in food products are generally low and below internationally recognised safe levels.
