India publishes document on possible changes to inspection procedures
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is seeking views on proposed changes to the approval of trading partners for imported meat and poultry products.
Archives for January 29, 2015
EFSA rejects white kidney weight loss appeal; firm points to ‘procedural stickling’
Malaysian pharma-nutra firm InQpharm is taking positives from its white kidney bean extract, weight management health claim rejection at the hands of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Nestlé contacts Ecolean following successful Olper’s rebranding in Pakistan
Nestlé has contacted Ecolean following a successful relaunch of Olper’s UHT milk, owned by Engro Foods in Pakistan.
Bend baijiu like Beckham: Diageo talks up Chinese turnaround but sales keep falling
Diageo chief Ivan Menezes today talked up the company’s turnaround plan for ‘challenged market’ China – where the company is betting on Beckham-backed Haig Club whisky and lower-cost baijiu - but volume sales still fell 20% year-on-year in H1 2015.
Southeast Asia
Rabobank: Cheap crude oil will hit SE Asia’s oil palm fortunes
The last year’s dramatic oil plunge, and with it expectations that crude prices will stay low, will continue to have a wide-reaching affect on the global food supply chain, not least in the world’s two biggest palm oil-producing countries, Indonesia and...
Clinical trial supports BLIS M18’s oral health benefits
Lozenges containing Streptococcus salivarius M18, branded as BLIS M18, for 30 days resulted in significant improvements in multiple measures of periodontal health, says a new study from India.