GCC looks to Turkey for food investments
Two Gulf investment vehicles have bought major stakes in Turkish food producers in recent weeks, as Turkey positions itself as a major halal food producer.
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Singleton red faced as SAB Miller Aussie subsidiary pulls Bluetongue
Australian entrepreneur John Singleton is reportedly furious that SAB Miller subsidiary Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) has chosen to axe its once successful Bluetongue beer brand.
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Nutricia India bribed doctors to prescribe infant formula, whistleblower claims
Danone Group subsidiary Nutricia India approved illegal payments to doctors across the country to promote and prescribe its baby nutrition products, a whistleblower has claimed.
“I get personal because they [EFSA] get personal to me"
Fed up: Probiotic research veteran issues global call to action
Veteran probiotic researcher professor Gregor Reid is not a happy man. It’s time the probiotic community fought back against those forces that have for too long denied a perfectly valid body of nutrition science in the form of commercial claims. It’s...
Food insecurity drives conflict, says IFPRI research
Food insecurity is a disproportionately significant cause of conflict in the Arab world, and improving food security can reduce regional conflict, according to research from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
India needs to match its agri-production with export potential
India’s Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has urged agricultural businesses and ministers to translate the country’s soaring production wealth into comparable exports.
Coopers’ figures strong in face of bad year for Aussie beer
Coopers Brewery has bucked the domestic beer trend and enjoyed record year for beer sales in 2013, surging past the 70m litre mark for the first time in the company’s long history.