Yersinia sickens more than 100 in New Zealand
New Zealand is investigating at least 101 cases of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis which has a ‘credible link’ to a food source.
Archives for October 7, 2014
China
Forgotten for a millennium, beneficial Gobi herb is making a comeback
In the harsh landscape of China’s northwest in the Gobi, where temperatures can fluctuate by 90 degrees over the course of a year, a bush with striking beneficial properties has been left to grow unnoticed for more than a thousand years.
Kemin launches polyphenol-rich spearmint extract for cognitive health
Kemin is launching a proprietary phenolic complex sourced from patent-pending, non-GMO lines of its own purpose-grown spearmint for use in dietary supplements.
McDonald’s Japan revises finances following food safety scandal
McDonald’s Holdings Japan has revised its financial forecasts to take into account a damaging incident earlier this year, in which workers from supplier Shanghai Husi were filmed picking meat off the floor and using out-of-date beef and chicken.
Honeysuckle tea to fight flu? Chinese claim ‘extremely novel finding’
Chinese scientists are claiming an ‘extremely novel finding’ after mice fought off several different types of flu when fed a honeysuckle tisane.
Japan
World’s only salmon placenta taps into Asia’s halal anti-ageing market
Japan’s second biggest island, Hokkaido in the north of the country, is known across Asia as being one of the continent's premier locations for seafood. And now a local nutraceutical company has been using its reputation to supply Muslims with a product...
'It's a great change...': Japanese food industry readies for new health claim laws in 2015
Japan’s innovative but restricted €25bn functional foods and food supplements sector is about to be handed a set of game-changing marketing keys by the government, industry players told us at Health Ingredients-Japan in Tokyo today.