Dairy

Pakistan’s adulteration ‘crisis’: Food safety department raids yield thousands of kilos of tainted products

17-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Food safety raids conducted by food safety departments across Pakistan have yielded thousands of kilogrammes of adulterated food products, ranging from tea to milk and spices.

Milk in India found to be most highly-adulterated food product despite FSSAI assurances of safety

14-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Milk and dairy products in the Indian capital territory of Delhi have been found by local authorities to be the most adulterated food product in the state.

Japan Focus: Lotte, Morinaga, Wakayama fresh produce exports and more feature in our round-up

13-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Lotte's Thai focus, fresh produce exports from Wakayama Prefecture, Morinaga's manufacturing lines increase and more feature in this edition of Japan Focus.

‘Democratising high quality’: India’s Britannia Industries ramps up international focus with first export-oriented factory

12-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Indian bakery goods giant Britannia Industries is looking to ramp up its international business focus with the development of its first export-oriented factory.

Taiwan cracks down on fake food news with threat of jail time and harsher financial penalties

12-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Taiwan has passed an amendment to the country’s food safety laws that will allow for a penalty of up to NT$1mn (US$31,800) or up to three years imprisonment to be imposed on those spreading fake food safety news in the country.

‘Enemies of the nation’: Bangladesh considers death penalty, life imprisonment for food adulterators

11-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Bangladesh is considering implementation of the death penalty or life imprisonment as a punishment for food adulterators in the country.

Hitting the $100bn mark: China’s Yili and Mengniu pour in investment to boost milk production

06-Jun-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Chinese dairy giants Yili and Mengniu are adding new manufacturing sites to pump up production volume of liquid milk products in a bid to hit the RMB$100bn (US$14.5bn) revenue goal.

Securing supplies: Oman government’s biggest dairy initiative to begin operation next month

05-Jun-2019 By Tingmin Koe

The Oman government’s flagship dairy project, Mazoon Dairy, is expected to begin production by next month as part of the stat’s drive to strengthen its food security.

Morinaga builds extra manufacturing lines to pump up production of top-selling confectionery and desserts

05-Jun-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Morinaga is building new manufacturing lines at its third Takasaki factory to increase the production of popular items, such as its best-selling ice cream Choco Monaka Jumbo.

Two goals, 10 action plans: China Communist Party and state council outline first joint food safety plans

05-Jun-2019 By Tingmin Koe

China has outlined a set of food safety proposals to achieve two main goals: to ensure that 98% of all products fulfil spot-check requirements by 2020, and that the nation's food safety standards will be regarded as the world's best by 2035.

Strengthening stainability: Nestle Philippines’ hit 75% recyclable packaging milestone but ‘more work to do’

04-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Nestle Philippines has confirmed that 75% of all its packaging is already recyclable, a major sustainability milestone for a company once named as one of the top three plastic waste contributors in the country.

Why F&B needs AI ASAP: Industry risks ‘getting left behind’ as tech advances march on

04-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Recently bolstered by a US$2mn seed funding, food-focused artificial intelligence (AI) company Intello Labs has developed technology that it claims can benefit food firms all along the supply chain, amid concerns the industry is getting left behind when...

GST expansion shot down: Australian PM rejects leaked suggestion to broaden food taxation

02-Jun-2019 By Pearly Neo

Recently re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that the government will not be taking up the Australian Tax Office (ATO) suggestion to extend the application of Goods and Service Tax (GST) to a broader range of food items.

Plant-based pioneers JUST to manufacture in Asia for first time with South Korea GanongBio partnership

02-Jun-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Production of the plant-based JUST Egg will soon take place in Asia for the first time after the US firm sealed a deal with South Korean egg producer GanongBio.

Hot Right Now: Coca-Coca-Fonterra alliance in Vietnam, Nestle China's new products, Mondelez on APAC trends and more trending stories

31-May-2019 By Pearly Neo

The Coca-Coca-Fonterra alliance in Vietnam, Nestle China's new product priorities, Mondelez on APAC trends and more of our social media trending stories feature in this edition of Hot Right Now.